diff --git a/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/ReswFileCodeGenerator.cs b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/ReswFileCodeGenerator.cs
index 640b409..5f31f1d 100644
--- a/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/ReswFileCodeGenerator.cs	
+++ b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/ReswFileCodeGenerator.cs	
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ namespace ChristianHelle.DeveloperTools.CodeGenerators.Resw.VSPackage.CustomTool
                 var codeGenerator = factory.Create(className, wszDefaultNamespace, bstrInputFileContents, codeDomProvider);
                 var code = codeGenerator.GenerateCode();
 
-                var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(code);
-
-                rgbOutputFileContents[0] = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(data.Length);
-                Marshal.Copy(data, 0, rgbOutputFileContents[0], data.Length);
-
-                pcbOutput = (uint)data.Length;
+                rgbOutputFileContents[0] = code.ConvertToIntPtr(out pcbOutput);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/StringExtension.cs b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/StringExtension.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e35e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/CustomTool/StringExtension.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ChristianHelle.DeveloperTools.CodeGenerators.Resw.VSPackage.CustomTool
+{
+    public static class StringExtension
+    {
+        public static IntPtr ConvertToIntPtr(this string code, out uint pcbOutput)
+        {
+            var data = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(code);
+            pcbOutput = (uint)data.Length;
+
+            var ptr = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemAuto(code);
+            return ptr;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/VSPackage.csproj b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/VSPackage.csproj
index 53d0d8c..b210b53 100644
--- a/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/VSPackage.csproj	
+++ b/RESW File Code Generator/VSPackage/VSPackage.csproj	
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     <Compile Include="CustomTool\ReswFileCodeGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CustomTool\ReswFileCSharpCodeGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CustomTool\ReswFileVisualBasicCodeGenerator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="CustomTool\StringExtension.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Guids.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Resources.Designer.cs">
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>