diff --git a/ProvinceMapper/ProvinceMapper.csproj b/ProvinceMapper/ProvinceMapper.csproj
index 4cc4f72e7..442adb4df 100644
--- a/ProvinceMapper/ProvinceMapper.csproj
+++ b/ProvinceMapper/ProvinceMapper.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/cpp_version/EU3toV2Converter/changeLog.txt b/cpp_version/EU3toV2Converter/changeLog.txt
index d9804cd06..a2c37b487 100644
--- a/cpp_version/EU3toV2Converter/changeLog.txt
+++ b/cpp_version/EU3toV2Converter/changeLog.txt
@@ -295,3 +295,4 @@ Revision	Version Updated		Log Message
 273		N/A			Clean up some stray files
 274		ProvinceMapper		Introduce Province Mapper tool
 275		ProvinceMapper		Handle new mappings files a bit better
+276		ProvinceMapper		Make release builds work