diff --git a/autogen/src/object/codegen.cpp b/autogen/src/object/codegen.cpp
index eb0c62f..dc3f117 100644
--- a/autogen/src/object/codegen.cpp
+++ b/autogen/src/object/codegen.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static std::string castFromVariant(std::string valueStr, std::string fieldType)
     }
 
     std::string mappedType = MAPPED_TYPE[fieldType];
-    return valueStr + ".get<" + (!mappedType.empty() ? mappedType : fieldType) + ">()";
+    return "(" + fieldType + ")" + valueStr + ".get<" + (!mappedType.empty() ? mappedType : fieldType) + ">()";
 }
 
 static std::string castToVariant(std::string valueStr, std::string fieldType) {
diff --git a/core/src/objects/base/service.cpp b/core/src/objects/base/service.cpp
index f183884..3fd3474 100644
--- a/core/src/objects/base/service.cpp
+++ b/core/src/objects/base/service.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Service::Service(const InstanceType* type) : Instance(type){}
 // Fail if parented to non-datamodel, otherwise lock parent
 void Service::OnParentUpdated(std::optional<std::shared_ptr<Instance>> oldParent, std::optional<std::shared_ptr<Instance>> newParent) {
     if (!newParent || newParent.value()->GetClass() != &DataModel::TYPE) {
-        Logger::fatalErrorf("Service %s was parented to object of type %s", GetClass()->className, newParent ? newParent.value()->GetClass()->className : "NULL");
+        Logger::fatalErrorf("Service %s was parented to object of type %s", GetClass()->className.c_str(), newParent ? newParent.value()->GetClass()->className.c_str() : "NULL");
         panic();
     }