diff --git a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj
index 083aa868d3..2cf2920673 100644
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h AdvancedPaste.base.rc AdvancedPaste.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted ..\..\..\..\tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h AdvancedPaste.base.rc AdvancedPaste.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>15.0</VCProjectVersion>
diff --git a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
index 27a34c4f74..c7d22d474f 100644
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ private:
                 continue;
             }
 
-            const auto serviceType = providerObject.GetNamedString(JSON_KEY_SERVICE_TYPE, L"");
+            const std::wstring serviceType = providerObject.GetNamedString(JSON_KEY_SERVICE_TYPE, L"").c_str();
             const auto normalizedServiceType = to_lower_case(serviceType);
             if (normalizedServiceType == L"openai" || normalizedServiceType == L"azureopenai")
             {