diff --git a/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.Designer.cs b/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.Designer.cs
index 2cafd2f..34c049a 100644
--- a/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.Designer.cs
+++ b/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.Designer.cs
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ partial class ReCodeItForm
         // 
         CCVisualStudioProjDirText.Location = new Point(6, 105);
         CCVisualStudioProjDirText.Name = "CCVisualStudioProjDirText";
-        CCVisualStudioProjDirText.PlaceholderText = "Visual studio solution directory";
+        CCVisualStudioProjDirText.PlaceholderText = "Visual studio solution";
         CCVisualStudioProjDirText.ReadOnly = true;
         CCVisualStudioProjDirText.Size = new Size(501, 31);
         CCVisualStudioProjDirText.TabIndex = 27;
diff --git a/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.cs b/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.cs
index 044205a..4ea9454 100644
--- a/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.cs
+++ b/RecodeItGUI/GUI/Main.cs
@@ -794,7 +794,8 @@ public partial class ReCodeItForm : Form
 
     private void CCVisualStudioProjDirButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
-        var result = GUIHelpers.OpenFolderDialog("Select your visual studio project directory");
+        var result = GUIHelpers.OpenFileDialog("Select a Visual Studio solution file",
+            "Solution Files (*.sln)|*.sln|All Files (*.*)|*.*");
 
         if (result != string.Empty)
         {
diff --git a/RecodeItLib/CrossCompiler/ReCodeItCrossCompiler.cs b/RecodeItLib/CrossCompiler/ReCodeItCrossCompiler.cs
index 0cfae27..1047a9a 100644
--- a/RecodeItLib/CrossCompiler/ReCodeItCrossCompiler.cs
+++ b/RecodeItLib/CrossCompiler/ReCodeItCrossCompiler.cs
@@ -103,38 +103,18 @@ public class ReCodeItCrossCompiler
     /// </summary>
     private void StartBuild()
     {
-        var path = Path.Combine(
-            DataProvider.ReCodeItProjectsPath,
-            ActiveProject.SolutionName);
-
-        var csProjFile = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.csproj", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
-            .ToList()
-            .FirstOrDefault();
-
-        if (csProjFile == null || csProjFile == string.Empty)
-        {
-            Logger.Log("No project files found in the solution directory or sub directories", ConsoleColor.Red);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var dirName = Path.GetDirectoryName(csProjFile);
-
-        var solutionName = ActiveProject.SolutionName + ".sln";
-
-        var arguements = $"build {Path.Combine(path, solutionName)} " +
+        var arguements = $"build {ActiveProject.VisualStudioClonedSolutionPath} " +
             $"/p:Configuration=Debug " +
             $"/p:Platform=\"Any CPU\"";
 
         // clean the project first
-        ExecuteDotnetCommand("clean", path);
+        ExecuteDotnetCommand("clean", ActiveProject.VisualStudioClonedSolutionDirectory);
 
         // Restore packages
-        ExecuteDotnetCommand("restore", path);
-
-        Logger.Log(path + ActiveProject.SolutionName + ".sln");
+        ExecuteDotnetCommand("restore", ActiveProject.VisualStudioClonedSolutionDirectory);
 
         // Then build the project
-        ExecuteDotnetCommand(arguements, path);
+        ExecuteDotnetCommand(arguements, ActiveProject.VisualStudioClonedSolutionDirectory);
     }
 
     private static void ExecuteDotnetCommand(string arguments, string workingDirectory)
diff --git a/RecodeItLib/Models/CrossCompilerProjectModel.cs b/RecodeItLib/Models/CrossCompilerProjectModel.cs
index cd7be59..8574fa5 100644
--- a/RecodeItLib/Models/CrossCompilerProjectModel.cs
+++ b/RecodeItLib/Models/CrossCompilerProjectModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace ReCodeIt.Models;
+using ReCodeIt.Utils;
+
+namespace ReCodeIt.Models;
 
 public class CrossCompilerProjectModel
 {
@@ -25,6 +27,23 @@ public class CrossCompilerProjectModel
     /// </summary>
     public string VisualStudioSolutionPath { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The path to the working directory vs project
+    /// </summary>
+    public string VisualStudioSolutionDirectoryPath => Path.GetDirectoryName(VisualStudioSolutionPath)!;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The path the the cloned solution
+    /// </summary>
+    public string VisualStudioClonedSolutionPath => Path.Combine(
+        DataProvider.ReCodeItProjectsPath,
+        SolutionName,
+        SolutionName + ".sln");
+
+    public string VisualStudioClonedSolutionDirectory => Path.Combine(
+        DataProvider.ReCodeItProjectsPath,
+        SolutionName);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// This is where the final dll is built to
     ///