diff --git a/include/WinStd/Win.h b/include/WinStd/Win.h
index 4935c954..bf985649 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Win.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Win.h
@@ -702,12 +702,12 @@ static _Success_(return > 0) int NormalizeString(_In_ NORM_FORM NormForm, _In_ c
 template<class _Traits, class _Ax>
 static _Success_(return != 0) int LoadStringA(_In_opt_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_ UINT uID, _Out_ std::basic_string<char, _Traits, _Ax> &sBuffer) noexcept
 {
-    // Get read-only pointer to string resource.
-    LPCSTR pszStr;
-    int i = LoadStringA(hInstance, uID, reinterpret_cast<LPSTR>(&pszStr), 0);
+    // Get read-only pointer to string resource. Works with LoadStringW only.
+    LPCWSTR pszStr;
+    int i = LoadStringW(hInstance, uID, reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&pszStr), 0);
     if (i) {
-        sBuffer.assign(pszStr, i);
-        return i;
+        i = wcsnlen_s(pszStr, i);
+        return WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, pszStr, i, sBuffer, NULL, NULL);
     } else
         return 0;
 }