diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
index 8981175d53..c44a270aac 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/BizHawk.Client.Common.csproj
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;DOTNET20;UNMANAGED;COMPRESS</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
index cff3cdf1f1..aa7275b8e6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>AllRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <DefineConstants>WINDOWS;DOTNET20;UNMANAGED;COMPRESS</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>WINDOWS</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NoWin32Manifest>true</NoWin32Manifest>