diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/misc.c b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/misc.c
index 3392a15ac50..8f728562a2d 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/misc.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/misc.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AllocAndLoadString(OUT LPTSTR *lpTarget,
                              uID);
     if (ln++ > 0)
     {
-        (*lpTarget) = (LPWSTR)LocalAlloc(LMEM_FIXED,
+        (*lpTarget) = (LPTSTR)LocalAlloc(LMEM_FIXED,
                                          ln * sizeof(TCHAR));
         if ((*lpTarget) != NULL)
         {
diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.c b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.c
index 1fed9aec0f1..cc96cb69285 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ HINSTANCE hInstance;
 HANDLE ProcessHeap;
 
 int WINAPI
-WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
+_tWinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
         HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
-        LPSTR lpCmdLine,
+        LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
         int nCmdShow)
 {
     LPTSTR lpAppName, lpVersion, lpTitle;
diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
index 8eabef9322c..92d9e425813 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <rbuild xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-	<module name="wordpad" type="win32gui" installbase="system32" installname="wordpad.exe">
+	<module name="wordpad" type="win32gui" installbase="system32" installname="wordpad.exe" unicode="yes">
 		<include base="wordpad">.</include>
-		<define name="UNICODE" />
-		<define name="_UNICODE" />		
 		<define name="__USE_W32API" />
 		<define name="_WIN32_IE">0x0600</define>
 		<define name="_WIN32_WINNT">0x0501</define>
@@ -25,4 +23,4 @@
 	  <file>wordpad.rc</file>
 		<pch>precomp.h</pch>
 	</module>
-</rbuild>
\ No newline at end of file
+</rbuild>