diff --git a/src/grisp_tools_configure.erl b/src/grisp_tools_configure.erl
index dc447cc..dfe195f 100644
--- a/src/grisp_tools_configure.erl
+++ b/src/grisp_tools_configure.erl
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@
 % {Name, {Long, Short}, {Type, Default}, Description}
 -type settings() :: {string(),
                      {string(), char()},
-                     {string, string()} | {boolean, boolean()},
+                     {string, string()}
+                     | {boolean, boolean()}
+                     | {latin1, string()},
                      string()}.
 
 -type settings_options() :: {string(),
                              {string(), char()},
-                             {string, string()} | {boolean, boolean()},
+                             {string, string()}
+                             | {boolean, boolean()}
+                             | {latin1, string()},
                              string(),
                              function()} | settings().
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ settings() ->
 
 -spec settings_options() -> [settings_options()].
 settings_options() -> [
-    {"App name", {name, undefined}, {string, "robot"},
+    {"App name", {name, undefined}, {latin1, "robot"},
      "The name of the OTP application"},
     {"Erlang version", {otp_version, $o}, {string, "25"},
      "The OTP version of the GRiSP app"},
diff --git a/src/grisp_tools_io.erl b/src/grisp_tools_io.erl
index d8397be..247844e 100644
--- a/src/grisp_tools_io.erl
+++ b/src/grisp_tools_io.erl
@@ -70,12 +70,21 @@ get(integer, String) ->
         Integer ->
             Integer
     end;
+get(latin1, []) ->
+    no_data;
+get(latin1, Data) ->
+    case io_lib:latin1_char_list(Data) of
+        true ->
+            Data;
+        false ->
+            no_clue
+    end;
 get(string, []) ->
     no_data;
 get(string, String) ->
     case is_list(String) of
         true ->
-            String;
+            unicode:characters_to_binary(String);
         false ->
             no_clue
     end.