diff --git a/src/err.c b/src/err.c
index 6dce5232..96788f14 100644
--- a/src/err.c
+++ b/src/err.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ uint32_t _err_get_threadid(void) {
     tid = pthread_self();
 
     if(sizeof(pthread_t) == sizeof(int)) {
-        thread_id = (int)tid;
+        thread_id = *((int*)&tid);
     } else {
         thread_id = util_djb_hash_block((unsigned char *)&tid,sizeof(pthread_t));
     }
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index efa56d35..905f5dec 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ uint32_t util_djb_hash_block(unsigned char *data, uint32_t len) {
 uint32_t util_djb_hash_str(char *str) {
     uint32_t len;
 
-    len = strlen(str);
+    len = (uint32_t)strlen(str);
     return util_djb_hash_block((unsigned char *)str,len);
 }
 
diff --git a/win32/mt-daapd.vcproj b/win32/mt-daapd.vcproj
index ef6f2d34..167e5ff5 100644
--- a/win32/mt-daapd.vcproj
+++ b/win32/mt-daapd.vcproj
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\src\smart-parser.c">
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\src\util.c">
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\src\w32-eventlog.c">
 			</File>