diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 46c2a591c..224f6e48f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ IF ((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU") AND NOT MINGW)
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
     SET(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   ENDIF()
+  
+  IF(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 13)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "GCC13 detected disabling \"-Wdangling-reference\" in Cpp files as it appears to be a false positive")
+    ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS("$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-Wno-dangling-reference>")
+  ENDIF()
   # hide all not-exported symbols
   IF(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "mips64" )
     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-mxgot -fvisibility=hidden -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/core.py b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/core.py
index edde8b29a..f891b5d40 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/core.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/core.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ def load(filename,
     Scene object with model data
     '''
 
+    from ctypes import c_char_p
     if hasattr(filename, 'read'):
         # This is the case where a file object has been passed to load.
         # It is calling the following function:
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ def load(filename,
         model = _assimp_lib.load_mem(data,
                                      len(data),
                                      processing,
-                                     file_type)
+                                     c_char_p(file_type.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())))
     else:
         # a filename string has been passed
         model = _assimp_lib.load(filename.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()), processing)