diff --git a/src/api/dotnet/Microsoft.Z3.csproj b/src/api/dotnet/Microsoft.Z3.csproj
index cde8b78c9..045c610dd 100644
--- a/src/api/dotnet/Microsoft.Z3.csproj
+++ b/src/api/dotnet/Microsoft.Z3.csproj
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
+
@@ -360,11 +361,11 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/api/dotnet/core/README.txt b/src/api/dotnet/core/README.txt
index 883b23056..7af9cbf2c 100644
--- a/src/api/dotnet/core/README.txt
+++ b/src/api/dotnet/core/README.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ functions, so that the API will compile, but not perform any contract
checking. To build this using .NET core, run (in this directory):
dotnet restore
-dotnet build core.json
+dotnet build core.csproj -c Release
-- good luck!