diff --git a/mRemoteV1/App/Runtime.cs b/mRemoteV1/App/Runtime.cs
index f17259b38..9f567df41 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/App/Runtime.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/App/Runtime.cs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
                         connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName = GetStartupConnectionFileName();
                     }
 
-                    CreateBackupFile(Convert.ToString(connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName));
+                    CreateBackupFile(connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName);
                 }
 
                 connectionsLoader.UseDatabase = Settings.Default.UseSQLServer;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
                 if (ex is FileNotFoundException && !withDialog)
                 {
                     MessageCollector.AddExceptionMessage(string.Format(Language.strConnectionsFileCouldNotBeLoadedNew, connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName), ex, MessageClass.InformationMsg);
-                    NewConnections(Convert.ToString(connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName));
+                    NewConnections(connectionsLoader.ConnectionFileName);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -465,11 +465,11 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
                 if (Settings.Default.UseSQLServer)
                 {
                     connectionsSaver.SaveFormat = ConnectionsSaver.Format.SQL;
-                    connectionsSaver.SQLHost = Convert.ToString(Settings.Default.SQLHost);
-                    connectionsSaver.SQLDatabaseName = Convert.ToString(Settings.Default.SQLDatabaseName);
-                    connectionsSaver.SQLUsername = Convert.ToString(Settings.Default.SQLUser);
+                    connectionsSaver.SQLHost = Settings.Default.SQLHost;
+                    connectionsSaver.SQLDatabaseName = Settings.Default.SQLDatabaseName;
+                    connectionsSaver.SQLUsername = Settings.Default.SQLUser;
                     var cryptographyProvider = new LegacyRijndaelCryptographyProvider();
-                    connectionsSaver.SQLPassword = cryptographyProvider.Decrypt(Convert.ToString(Settings.Default.SQLPass), EncryptionKey);
+                    connectionsSaver.SQLPassword = cryptographyProvider.Decrypt(Settings.Default.SQLUser, EncryptionKey);
                 }
 
                 connectionsSaver.SaveConnections();
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/App/Startup.cs b/mRemoteV1/App/Startup.cs
index c8f95ccb7..f1ce0861e 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/App/Startup.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/App/Startup.cs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
         {
             var osData = GetOperatingSystemData();
             var architecture = GetArchitectureData();
-            Logger.Instance.InfoFormat(string.Join(" ", Array.FindAll(new[] { osData, architecture }, s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Convert.ToString(s)))));
+            Logger.Instance.InfoFormat(string.Join(" ", Array.FindAll(new[] { osData, architecture }, s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))));
         }
 
         private static string GetOperatingSystemData()