diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c77beb8..cfccb62 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ addons:
     - docker-ce
 matrix:
   include:
-  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=5.6.12
-  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=6.4.2
-  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=7.0.0-alpha1
+  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=5.6.15
+  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=6.6.1
+  - env: ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=7.0.0-beta1
   fast_finish: true
 install: ci/unit/docker-setup.sh
 script: ci/unit/docker-run.sh
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0715143..e3a30eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 4.1.10
+  - Fixed problem in Windows where some paths would fail to return an identifier ("inode"). Make path into a C style String before encoding to UTF-16LE. [#232](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/232)
+
 ## 4.1.9
   - Fixed issue where logs were being spammed with needless error messages [#224](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/pull/224)
 
diff --git a/lib/filewatch/winhelper.rb b/lib/filewatch/winhelper.rb
index 0d5e859..31c5279 100644
--- a/lib/filewatch/winhelper.rb
+++ b/lib/filewatch/winhelper.rb
@@ -177,11 +177,7 @@ def self.identifier_from_handle(handle, close_handle = true)
   private
 
   def self.open_handle_from_path(path)
-    CreateFileW(in_buffer(path), 0, 7, nil, 3, 128, nil)
-  end
-
-  def self.in_buffer(string)
-    utf16le(string)
+    CreateFileW(utf16le(path), 0, 7, nil, 3, 128, nil)
   end
 
   def self.char_pointer_to_ruby_string(char_pointer, length = 256)
@@ -192,7 +188,11 @@ def self.char_pointer_to_ruby_string(char_pointer, length = 256)
   end
 
   def self.utf16le(string)
-    string.encode("UTF-16LE")
+    to_cstring(string).encode("UTF-16LE")
+  end
+
+  def self.to_cstring(rubystring)
+    rubystring + 0.chr
   end
 
   def self.win1252(string)
diff --git a/logstash-input-file.gemspec b/logstash-input-file.gemspec
index b04b88c..ad92eab 100644
--- a/logstash-input-file.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-file.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-file'
-  s.version         = '4.1.9'
+  s.version         = '4.1.10'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Streams events from files"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"