diff --git a/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2acfeeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "nonqthelper.h"
+
+#include <core/convhelper.h>
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+NonQtHelper::NonQtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+NonQtHelper::~NonQtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return ConvHelper::NativeToUtf8(myString);
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return ConvHelper::Utf8ToNative(myString);
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::getDefaultLanguage()
+{
+	return "en";
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0)
+{
+	boost::filesystem::path startPath(argv0);
+	startPath = startPath.remove_leaf();
+	startPath /= "data";
+	return stringToUtf8(startPath.directory_string());
+}
diff --git a/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8232a9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NONQTHELPER_H
+#define NONQTHELPER_H
+
+#ifndef POKERTH_DEDICATED_SERVER
+#error This file is only for the server.
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+
+class NonQtHelper
+{
+
+public:
+	NonQtHelper();
+
+	~NonQtHelper();
+
+	std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &);
+	std::string stringFromUtf8(const std::string &);
+	std::string getDefaultLanguage();
+
+	std::string getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0);
+};
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b4edfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "nonqttoolswrapper.h"
+
+#include <nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h>
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+
+QtToolsInterface *CreateQtToolsWrapper()
+{
+	return new NonQtToolsWrapper;
+}
+
+NonQtToolsWrapper::NonQtToolsWrapper() : myQtHelper(0)
+{
+
+	myQtHelper = new NonQtHelper();
+}
+
+
+NonQtToolsWrapper::~NonQtToolsWrapper()
+{
+	delete myQtHelper;
+	myQtHelper = 0;
+}
+
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->stringToUtf8(myString);
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->stringFromUtf8(myString);
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::getDefaultLanguage()
+{
+	return myQtHelper->getDefaultLanguage();
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::getDataPathStdString(const char * argv0)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->getDataPathStdString(argv0);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8852706e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/common/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NONQTTOOLSWRAPPER_H
+#define NONQTTOOLSWRAPPER_H
+
+#include <qttoolsinterface.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+class NonQtHelper;
+
+class NonQtToolsWrapper : public QtToolsInterface
+{
+public:
+	NonQtToolsWrapper();
+	~NonQtToolsWrapper();
+
+	std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString);
+	std::string stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString);
+	std::string getDefaultLanguage();
+	std::string getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0);
+
+private:
+
+	NonQtHelper *myQtHelper;
+
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp b/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2acfeeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "nonqthelper.h"
+
+#include <core/convhelper.h>
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+NonQtHelper::NonQtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+NonQtHelper::~NonQtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return ConvHelper::NativeToUtf8(myString);
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return ConvHelper::Utf8ToNative(myString);
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::getDefaultLanguage()
+{
+	return "en";
+}
+
+std::string
+NonQtHelper::getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0)
+{
+	boost::filesystem::path startPath(argv0);
+	startPath = startPath.remove_leaf();
+	startPath /= "data";
+	return stringToUtf8(startPath.directory_string());
+}
diff --git a/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h b/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8232a9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qttools/nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NONQTHELPER_H
+#define NONQTHELPER_H
+
+#ifndef POKERTH_DEDICATED_SERVER
+#error This file is only for the server.
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+
+class NonQtHelper
+{
+
+public:
+	NonQtHelper();
+
+	~NonQtHelper();
+
+	std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &);
+	std::string stringFromUtf8(const std::string &);
+	std::string getDefaultLanguage();
+
+	std::string getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0);
+};
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp b/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b4edfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "nonqttoolswrapper.h"
+
+#include <nonqthelper/nonqthelper.h>
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+
+QtToolsInterface *CreateQtToolsWrapper()
+{
+	return new NonQtToolsWrapper;
+}
+
+NonQtToolsWrapper::NonQtToolsWrapper() : myQtHelper(0)
+{
+
+	myQtHelper = new NonQtHelper();
+}
+
+
+NonQtToolsWrapper::~NonQtToolsWrapper()
+{
+	delete myQtHelper;
+	myQtHelper = 0;
+}
+
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->stringToUtf8(myString);
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->stringFromUtf8(myString);
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::getDefaultLanguage()
+{
+	return myQtHelper->getDefaultLanguage();
+}
+std::string NonQtToolsWrapper::getDataPathStdString(const char * argv0)
+{
+	return myQtHelper->getDataPathStdString(argv0);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h b/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8852706e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qttools/nonqttoolswrapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * PokerTH - The open source texas holdem engine                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May          *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as            *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the        *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                       *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License  *
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7                  *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or            *
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a             *
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the        *
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the authors of PokerTH           *
+ * (Felix Hammer, Florian Thauer, Lothar May) grant you additional           *
+ * permission to convey the resulting work.                                  *
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination          *
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well       *
+ * as that of the covered work.                                              *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NONQTTOOLSWRAPPER_H
+#define NONQTTOOLSWRAPPER_H
+
+#include <qttoolsinterface.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+class NonQtHelper;
+
+class NonQtToolsWrapper : public QtToolsInterface
+{
+public:
+	NonQtToolsWrapper();
+	~NonQtToolsWrapper();
+
+	std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString);
+	std::string stringFromUtf8(const std::string &myString);
+	std::string getDefaultLanguage();
+	std::string getDataPathStdString(const char *argv0);
+
+private:
+
+	NonQtHelper *myQtHelper;
+
+};
+
+#endif