diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for markdown
 
+## 0.1.17.4
+
+* One more fix for test suite, now works on Windows as well
+
 ## 0.1.17.3
 
 * Fix the previous test fix
diff --git a/markdown.cabal b/markdown.cabal
--- a/markdown.cabal
+++ b/markdown.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                markdown
-Version:             0.1.17.3
+Version:             0.1.17.4
 Synopsis:            Convert Markdown to HTML, with XSS protection
 Description:         This library leverages existing high-performance libraries (attoparsec, blaze-html, text, and conduit), and should integrate well with existing codebases.
 Homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/markdown
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                  , base             >= 4       && < 5
                  , hspec            >= 1.3
                  , blaze-html
+                 , bytestring
                  , call-stack
                  , text
                  , transformers
diff --git a/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.html b/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.html
--- a/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.html
+++ b/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p>This is a multiline
 paragraph.</p><ul><li><p>Multiline paragraph
 in a list.</p></li><li><p>The purpose of classy prelude is <i>not</i> to encourage writing polymorphic
-code based on the typeclasses provided. Though it's certainly possible to
+code based on the typeclasses provided. Though it is certainly possible to
 write code such as:</p></li></ul>
diff --git a/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.md b/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.md
--- a/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.md
+++ b/test/examples/multiline-paragraphs.md
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
      in a list.
 
 *   The purpose of classy prelude is *not* to encourage writing polymorphic
-    code based on the typeclasses provided. Though it's certainly possible to
+    code based on the typeclasses provided. Though it is certainly possible to
     write code such as:
diff --git a/test/main.hs b/test/main.hs
--- a/test/main.hs
+++ b/test/main.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 import Test.Hspec
 import Text.Markdown
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text, unpack, snoc, fromStrict)
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8)
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as TIO
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import Text.Blaze.Html.Renderer.Text (renderHtml)
@@ -272,8 +274,8 @@
     dir = "test/examples"
     go basename = do
         let fp = dir </> basename
-        input <- TIO.readFile fp
-        output <- TIO.readFile $ replaceExtension fp "html"
+        input <- decodeUtf8 <$> B.readFile fp
+        output <- decodeUtf8 <$> B.readFile (replaceExtension fp "html")
         let (checker, stripper)
                 | "-spec" `isInfixOf` fp = (check', dropFinalLF)
                 | otherwise = (check, T.strip)
@@ -290,6 +292,6 @@
     dir = "test/Tests"
     go basename = do
         let fp = dir </> basename
-        input <- TIO.readFile fp
-        output <- TIO.readFile $ replaceExtension fp "html"
+        input <- decodeUtf8 <$> B.readFile fp
+        output <- decodeUtf8 <$> B.readFile (replaceExtension fp "html")
         return $ it basename $ checkNoNL (fromStrict $ T.strip output) (fromStrict input)