diff --git a/src/source.cc b/src/source.cc
index 73b7f8c..e361f28 100644
--- a/src/source.cc
+++ b/src/source.cc
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ Source::GenericView::GenericView(const boost::filesystem::path &file_path, Glib:
     bool found_language_file=false;
     boost::filesystem::path language_file;
     for(auto &search_path: search_paths) {
-      boost::filesystem::path p(std::string(search_path)+'/'+std::string(language->get_id())+".lang");
+      boost::filesystem::path p(static_cast<std::string>(search_path)+'/'+static_cast<std::string>(language->get_id())+".lang");
       if(boost::filesystem::exists(p) && boost::filesystem::is_regular_file(p)) {
         language_file=p;
         found_language_file=true;