diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9dd5bac..9932e29a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ add_executable(fastfetch
     src/fastfetch.c
 )
 target_compile_definitions(fastfetch
-    PRIVATE FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME="fastfetch"
+    PRIVATE FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME=fastfetch
 )
 target_link_libraries(fastfetch
     PRIVATE libfastfetch
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ add_executable(flashfetch
     src/flashfetch.c
 )
 target_compile_definitions(flashfetch
-    PRIVATE FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME="flashfetch"
+    PRIVATE FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME=flashfetch
 )
 target_link_libraries(flashfetch
     PRIVATE libfastfetch
diff --git a/src/util/windows/version.rc b/src/util/windows/version.rc
index 9934522c..a8ea2519 100644
--- a/src/util/windows/version.rc
+++ b/src/util/windows/version.rc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #define VER_DEBUG 0
 #endif
 
+#define FF_TO_STR(str) #str
+
 // ------- version info -------------------------------------------------------
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
@@ -31,11 +33,11 @@ BEGIN
 		BLOCK "040904b0"
 		BEGIN
 			VALUE "Comments",         FASTFETCH_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL
-			VALUE "FileDescription",  FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME " - " FASTFETCH_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
+			VALUE "FileDescription",  FF_TO_STR(FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME) " - " FASTFETCH_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
 			VALUE "FileVersion",      FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK
-			VALUE "InternalName",     FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME ".exe"
+			VALUE "InternalName",     FF_TO_STR(FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME) ".exe"
 			VALUE "LegalCopyright",   FASTFETCH_PROJECT_LICENSE
-			VALUE "OriginalFilename", FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME ".exe"
+			VALUE "OriginalFilename", FF_TO_STR(FASTFETCH_TARGET_BINARY_NAME) ".exe"
 			VALUE "ProductName",      FASTFETCH_PROJECT_NAME
 			VALUE "ProductVersion",   FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK
 		END