diff --git a/MUtilities_VS2013.vcxproj b/MUtilities_VS2013.vcxproj
index 793709f..387d9f8 100644
--- a/MUtilities_VS2013.vcxproj
+++ b/MUtilities_VS2013.vcxproj
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(QTDIR)\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(QTDIR)\lib;$(SolutionDir)\..\Prerequisites\VisualLeakDetector\lib\Win32</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>QtCored4.lib;QtGuid4.lib;Psapi.lib;Sensapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(QTDIR)\lib</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(QTDIR)\lib;$(SolutionDir)\..\Prerequisites\VisualLeakDetector\lib\Win32</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>QtCore4.lib;QtGui4.lib;Psapi.lib;Sensapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
diff --git a/src/Global.cpp b/src/Global.cpp
index 2676603..7206d77 100644
--- a/src/Global.cpp
+++ b/src/Global.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <process.h>
 
+//VLD
+#include <vld.h>
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Random Support
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -327,11 +330,15 @@ void MUtils::natural_string_sort(QStringList &list, const bool bIgnoreCase)
 // SELF-TEST
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-int MUtils::Internal::selfTest(const char *const date, const bool debug)
+int MUtils::Internal::selfTest(const char *const buildKey, const bool debug)
 {
-	if(strncmp(date, __DATE__"@"__TIME__, 14) || (MUTILS_DEBUG != debug))
+	static const bool MY_DEBUG_FLAG = MUTILS_DEBUG;
+	static const char *const MY_BUILD_KEY = __DATE__"@"__TIME__;
+
+	if(strncmp(buildKey, MY_BUILD_KEY, 14) || (MY_DEBUG_FLAG != debug))
 	{
 		MUtils::OS::system_message_err(L"MUtils", L"FATAL ERROR: MUtils library version mismatch detected!");
+		MUtils::OS::system_message_wrn(L"MUtils", L"Please re-build the complete solution in order to fix this issue!");
 		abort();
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/Startup.cpp b/src/Startup.cpp
index 3fe6dd1..5d64585 100644
--- a/src/Startup.cpp
+++ b/src/Startup.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ static int startup_helper(int &argc, char **argv, MUtils::Startup::main_function
 int MUtils::Startup::startup(int &argc, char **argv, main_function_t *const entry_point)
 {
 	int iResult = -1;
-#if 1||(MUTILS_DEBUG)
+#if (MUTILS_DEBUG)
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	_CrtSetDbgFlag(_CRTDBG_CHECK_ALWAYS_DF || _CrtSetDbgFlag(_CRTDBG_REPORT_FLAG));
+#endif //_MSCVER
 	iResult = startup_main(argc, argv, entry_point);
 #else //MUTILS_DEBUG
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/src/Version.cpp b/src/Version.cpp
index 2544bd7..dbbc9a4 100644
--- a/src/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/Version.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 static const char *g_months_lut[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
 
-static int month2int(const char *str)
+static int month_str2int(const char *str)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -55,16 +55,18 @@ static int month2int(const char *str)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const QDate decode_date_str(const char *const date_str)
+static const QDate decode_date_str(const char *const date_str) //Mmm dd yyyy
 {
 	bool ok = true;
 	int date[3] = {0, 0, 0};
-	char month_s[4];
+	char buffer[12];
 
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&date_str[0x0], 3, "%s", &month_s) == 1);
-	ok = ok && ((date[1] = month2int(month_s)) > 0);
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&date_str[0x4], 2, "%d", &date[2]) == 1);
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&date_str[0x7], 4, "%d", &date[0]) == 1);
+	strcpy_s(buffer, 12, date_str);
+	buffer[3] = buffer[6] = '\0';
+
+	ok = ok && ((date[1] = month_str2int(&buffer[0])) > 0);
+	ok = ok && (sscanf_s(&buffer[4], "%d", &date[2]) == 1);
+	ok = ok && (sscanf_s(&buffer[7], "%d", &date[0]) == 1);
 
 	if(!ok)
 	{
@@ -75,14 +77,18 @@ static const QDate decode_date_str(const char *const date_str)
 	return QDate(date[0], date[1], date[2]);
 }
 
-static const QTime decode_time_str(const char *const time_str)
+static const QTime decode_time_str(const char *const time_str) //hh:mm:ss
 {
 	bool ok = true;
 	int time[3] = {0, 0, 0};
+	char buffer[9];
 
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&time_str[0x0], 2, "%d", &time[0]) == 1);
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&time_str[0x3], 2, "%d", &time[1]) == 1);
-	ok = ok && (_snscanf(&time_str[0x6], 2, "%d", &time[2]) == 1);
+	strcpy_s(buffer, 9, time_str);
+	buffer[2] = buffer[5] = '\0';
+
+	ok = ok && (sscanf_s(&time_str[0], "%d", &time[0]) == 1);
+	ok = ok && (sscanf_s(&time_str[3], "%d", &time[1]) == 1);
+	ok = ok && (sscanf_s(&time_str[6], "%d", &time[2]) == 1);
 
 	if(!ok)
 	{