diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7758e1ae75..8fdfb5fbf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,33 @@ on:
     types: [ created ]
 
 jobs:
+  windows-qt:
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Install Qt
+      uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
+      with:
+        modules: qtwebengine
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        choco install openssl
+    - name: Build the application
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$Qt5_Dir/lib/cmake"
+        export PATH="$Qt5_Dir/bin":"$PATH"
+        kit=$(ls "/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/bin/"*"/x64/mc.exe" | head -n1 | sed s/mc.exe//)
+        export PATH="$kit":"$PATH"
+        export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR="/c/Program Files/OpenSSL-Win64"
+        cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DTOGGL_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR="${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}" ..
+        cmake --build . --config Release -- -m
+
   macos-qt:
     runs-on: macOS-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2adbdb8635..8bfb580362 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ include_directories(
     ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${POCO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    $ENV{OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include
+    "$ENV{OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include"
 )
 
 # TogglDesktopLibrary sources
diff --git a/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/main.cpp b/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/main.cpp
index 67eefbcdb2..ae7fad1441 100644
--- a/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/main.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/main.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void setOptions(const TogglApplication &a) {
     parser.addOption(forceOption);
 
     if (parser.isSet(forceStagingOption)) {
-        toggl::urls::SetUseStagingAsBackend(true);
+        toggl_set_staging_override(true);
     }
 
     parser.process(a);
diff --git a/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/toggl.cpp b/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/toggl.cpp
index 4545fb75a7..7f671868e4 100644
--- a/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/toggl.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/linux/TogglDesktop/toggl.cpp
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ void on_display_timer_state(
 }
 
 void on_display_idle_notification(
-    const char_t*guid,
-    const char_t*since,
-    const char_t*duration,
+    const char_t *guid,
+    const char_t *since,
+    const char_t *duration,
     const int64_t started,
-    const char *description,
-    const char *project,
-    const char *task,
-    const char *projectColor) {
+    const char_t *description,
+    const char_t *project,
+    const char_t *task,
+    const char_t *projectColor) {
     TogglApi::instance->displayIdleNotification(
         toQString(guid),
         toQString(since),
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ QString TogglApi::start(const QString description,
                              task_id,
                              project_id,
                              nullptr /* project guid */,
-                             tags.toStdString().c_str() /* tags */,
+                             toLocalString(tags) /* tags */,
                              false,
                              0,
                              0);