diff --git a/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/converter.cpp b/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/converter.cpp
index f97cd4f3..b6ab3c7b 100644
--- a/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/converter.cpp
+++ b/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/converter.cpp
@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@
 #include "converter.hpp"
 
 // Convert a wide Unicode string to an UTF8 string
-std::string wstr_to_str(const std::wstring_view wstr)
-{
-    if(wstr.empty())
-    {
-        return std::string();
-    }
-    int final_size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.data(), (int)wstr.size(), nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
-    std::string strTo(final_size, 0);
-    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.data(), (int)wstr.size(), strTo.data(), final_size, nullptr, nullptr);
-    return strTo;
-}
-
 char* wsview_to_char(const std::wstring_view wstr)
 {
     if(wstr.empty())
diff --git a/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/win32.cpp b/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/win32.cpp
index 15612581..711ba385 100644
--- a/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/win32.cpp
+++ b/plugins/windows-notification/api/src/win32.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ std::optional<std::wstring> GetCurrentModulePath()
     auto charWritten = GetModuleFileName(nullptr, exePath.data(), exePath.size());
     if (charWritten > 0)
     {
+        exePath.resize(charWritten);
         return exePath;
     }
     return std::nullopt;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ std::optional<std::wstring> GetShortcutPath()
     auto charWritten = GetEnvironmentVariable(L"APPDATA", shortcutPath.data(), shortcutPath.size());
     if (charWritten > 0)
     {
+        shortcutPath.resize(charWritten);
         return shortcutPath;
     }
     return std::nullopt;