diff --git a/Source/PythonAutomation/Private/PythonAutomationModule.cpp b/Source/PythonAutomation/Private/PythonAutomationModule.cpp
index 498670948..063581df7 100644
--- a/Source/PythonAutomation/Private/PythonAutomationModule.cpp
+++ b/Source/PythonAutomation/Private/PythonAutomationModule.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ IMPLEMENT_MODULE(FPythonAutomationModule, PythonAutomation);
 
 void FPythonAutomationModule::StartupModule()
 {
-	PyObject *py_automation_module = ue_py_register_module((char *)"unreal_engine.automation");
+	FScopePythonGIL gil;
+	PyObject *py_automation_module = ue_py_register_module("unreal_engine.automation");
 	ue_python_init_fautomation_editor_common_utils(py_automation_module);
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Private/UnrealEnginePython.cpp b/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Private/UnrealEnginePython.cpp
index 005e2ac6c..a10a4870b 100644
--- a/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Private/UnrealEnginePython.cpp
+++ b/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Private/UnrealEnginePython.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ void ue_py_register_magic_module(char *name, PyObject *(*func)())
 	PyDict_SetItemString(py_sys_modules, name, u_module);
 }
 
-PyObject *ue_py_register_module(char *name)
+PyObject *ue_py_register_module(const char *name)
 {
 	return PyImport_AddModule(name);
 }
diff --git a/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Public/UnrealEnginePython.h b/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Public/UnrealEnginePython.h
index c65364bb2..6e1e4eab0 100644
--- a/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Public/UnrealEnginePython.h
+++ b/Source/UnrealEnginePython/Public/UnrealEnginePython.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct
 } ue_PyUObject;
 
 UNREALENGINEPYTHON_API void ue_py_register_magic_module(char *name, PyObject *(*)());
-UNREALENGINEPYTHON_API PyObject *ue_py_register_module(char *);
+UNREALENGINEPYTHON_API PyObject *ue_py_register_module(const char *);
 
 #if ENGINE_MINOR_VERSION >= 18
 #define FStringAssetReference FSoftObjectPath