diff --git a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
index 20bee17785..48470fda49 100644
--- a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
+++ b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ class winhttp_client : public _http_client_communicator
                             const auto size = CertNameToStr(X509_ASN_ENCODING, pcert_name, CERT_X500_NAME_STR, nullptr, 0);
 
                             auto nameString = std::unique_ptr<utility::string_t::value_type[]>(new utility::string_t::value_type [size]);
-                            CertNameToStr(X509_ASN_ENCODING, pcert_name, CERT_X500_NAME_STR, nameString.get(), size);
+                            CertNameToStrW(X509_ASN_ENCODING, pcert_name, CERT_X500_NAME_STR, nameString.get(), size);
 
                             supported_ca.push_back(utility::conversions::to_string_t(nameString.get()));
                         }
diff --git a/Release/src/json/json_parsing.cpp b/Release/src/json/json_parsing.cpp
index 78d56d1665..fd0583c382 100644
--- a/Release/src/json/json_parsing.cpp
+++ b/Release/src/json/json_parsing.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class JSON_Parser
 
     virtual bool CompleteComment(Token &token);
     virtual bool CompleteStringLiteral(Token &token);
-    int convert_unicode_to_code_point(Token &token);
+    int convert_unicode_to_code_point();
     bool handle_unescape_char(Token &token);
 
 private:
@@ -693,6 +693,14 @@ bool JSON_StringParser<CharType>::CompleteComment(typename JSON_Parser<CharType>
     return true;
 }
 
+void convert_append_unicode_code_unit(JSON_Parser<wchar_t>::Token &token, utf16string value)
+{
+    token.string_val.append(value);
+}
+void convert_append_unicode_code_unit(JSON_Parser<char>::Token &token, utf16string value)
+{
+    token.string_val.append(::utility::conversions::utf16_to_utf8(value));
+}
 void convert_append_unicode_code_unit(JSON_Parser<wchar_t>::Token &token, utf16char value)
 {
     token.string_val.push_back(value);
@@ -704,7 +712,7 @@ void convert_append_unicode_code_unit(JSON_Parser<char>::Token &token, utf16char
 }
 
 template <typename CharType>
-int JSON_Parser<CharType>::convert_unicode_to_code_point(Token &token)
+int JSON_Parser<CharType>::convert_unicode_to_code_point()
 {
     // A four-hexdigit Unicode character.
     // Transform into a 16 bit code point.
@@ -769,7 +777,7 @@ inline bool JSON_Parser<CharType>::handle_unescape_char(Token &token)
             return true;
         case 'u':
         {
-            int decoded = convert_unicode_to_code_point(token);
+            int decoded = convert_unicode_to_code_point();
             if (decoded == -1)
             {
                 return false;
@@ -780,11 +788,11 @@ inline bool JSON_Parser<CharType>::handle_unescape_char(Token &token)
             {
                 // skip escape character
                 NextCharacter(); NextCharacter();
-                int decoded2 = convert_unicode_to_code_point(token);
+                int decoded2 = convert_unicode_to_code_point();
 
                 utf16string compoundUTF16 = { static_cast<utf16char>(decoded),
                                               static_cast<utf16char>(decoded2) };
-                token.string_val.append(::utility::conversions::utf16_to_utf8(compoundUTF16));
+                convert_append_unicode_code_unit(token, compoundUTF16);
             }
             else
             {