diff --git a/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp b/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
index 5c324689..76d9aa3a 100644
--- a/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
+++ b/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ String^ UnitConverterViewModel::ConvertToLocalizedString(const std::wstring& str
 
 void UnitConverterViewModel::DisplayPasteError()
 {
-    String^ errorMsg = AppResourceProvider::GetInstance().GetCEngineString(ref new String (SIDS_DOMAIN)); /*SIDS_DOMAIN is for "invalid input"*/
+    String^ errorMsg = AppResourceProvider::GetInstance().GetCEngineString(StringReference(SIDS_DOMAIN)); /*SIDS_DOMAIN is for "invalid input"*/
     Value1 = errorMsg;
     Value2 = errorMsg;
     m_relocalizeStringOnSwitch = false;