diff --git a/source/activation.cpp b/source/activation.cpp
index cb5efd8f..c02a9a75 100644
--- a/source/activation.cpp
+++ b/source/activation.cpp
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ void PersonalActivationDlg::OnCreateHit(wxCommandEvent& evt)
 void DisplayLicenseOutput(){
     std::filesystem::path logfile
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-    = std::filesystem::path(wxGetHomeDir()) / "Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log";
+    = std::filesystem::path(wxGetHomeDir().ToStdString()) / "Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log";
 #elif defined _WIN32
     = std::filesystem::path(wxGetHomeDir().ToStdString()) / "AppData"/"Local"/"Unity"/"Editor"/"Editor.log";
 #else
-    = std::filesystem::path(wxGetHomeDir()) / ".config/unity3d/Editor.log";
+    = std::filesystem::path(wxGetHomeDir().ToStdString()) / ".config/unity3d/Editor.log";
 #endif
     ifstream in(logfile);
     std::string output;
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ void PersonalActivationDlg::OnActivateHit(wxCommandEvent&)
 
 void PlusProActivationDlg::OnActivateHit(wxCommandEvent&)
 {
-	const std::string& username = plusProActivUsernameCtrl->GetValue();
-    const std::string& password = plusProActivPasswordCtrl->GetValue();
-    const std::string& serial = plusProActivationSerialCtrl->GetValue();
+	const auto& username = plusProActivUsernameCtrl->GetValue().ToStdString();
+    const auto& password = plusProActivPasswordCtrl->GetValue().ToStdString();
+    const auto& serial = plusProActivationSerialCtrl->GetValue().ToStdString();
 
 	auto cmd = fmt::format("{} -batchmode -username {} -password {} -serial {} -quit",the_editor.executablePath().string(),username,password,serial);
 
diff --git a/source/interface_derived.cpp b/source/interface_derived.cpp
index 053545ef..c460fbcc 100644
--- a/source/interface_derived.cpp
+++ b/source/interface_derived.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void MainFrameDerived::Filter(wxKeyEvent &){
     projects.clear();
     auto filter = projSearchCtrl->GetValue();
     transform(filter.begin(), filter.end(), filter.begin(), ::tolower);
-    LoadProjects(filter);
+    LoadProjects(filter.ToStdString());
 }
 
 //definitions for the events