diff --git a/src/SampSharp/SampSharp.vcxproj b/src/SampSharp/SampSharp.vcxproj
index f9881e28..5b8ea1bb 100644
--- a/src/SampSharp/SampSharp.vcxproj
+++ b/src/SampSharp/SampSharp.vcxproj
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SAMPGDK_AMALGAMATION;SAMPGDK_CPP_WRAPPERS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SAMPGDK_AMALGAMATION;SAMPGDK_CPP_WRAPPERS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>includes;includes/sdk;includes/sdk/amx;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
       <BrowseInformation>true</BrowseInformation>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SAMPGDK_AMALGAMATION;SAMPGDK_CPP_WRAPPERS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SAMPGDK_AMALGAMATION;SAMPGDK_CPP_WRAPPERS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>includes;includes/sdk;includes/sdk/amx</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/src/SampSharp/plugin.cpp b/src/SampSharp/plugin.cpp
index ed75533b..d07b089e 100644
--- a/src/SampSharp/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/SampSharp/plugin.cpp
@@ -215,12 +215,10 @@ bool plugin::detect_coreclr(std::string &value, fs::path path) {
 }
 
 bool plugin::detect_coreclr(std::string &value) {
-    char runtime[256];
-    size_t runtime_len;
-    getenv_s(&runtime_len, runtime, 256, "SAMPSHARP_RUNTIME");
+    const auto runtime = getenv("SAMPSHARP_RUNTIME");
     
     return
-        runtime_len > 0 && runtime_len < 256 && detect_coreclr(value, runtime) ||
+        runtime && strlen(runtime) > 0 && detect_coreclr(value, runtime) ||
         detect_coreclr(value, "runtime") ||
         detect_coreclr(value, "dotnet");
 }