diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/App.config b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/App.config
index 13283e4b5b..2d47c4bea2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/App.config
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/App.config
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <add key="ProgramDataFolderName" value="MediaBrowser-Server" />
     <add key="ClientSettingsProvider.ServiceUri" value="" />
   </appSettings>
-  <startup>
+  <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
     <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
   </startup>
   <runtime>