diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d34596b..61afc1ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ endif()
 if(NOT WIN32)
   check_support(HAS_UNWIND has_unwind.cpp "" "" "")
   check_support(HAS_EXECINFO has_execinfo.cpp "" "" "")
-  check_support(HAS_BACKTRACE has_backtrace.cpp "" "backtrace" "${CPPTRACE_BACKTRACE_PATH_DEFINITION}")
-  set(STACKTRACE_LINK_LIB "stdc++_libbacktrace")
 else()
   check_support(HAS_STACKWALK has_stackwalk.cpp "" "dbghelp" "")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT WIN32 OR MINGW)
+  check_support(HAS_BACKTRACE has_backtrace.cpp "" "backtrace" "${CPPTRACE_BACKTRACE_PATH_DEFINITION}")
+  set(STACKTRACE_LINK_LIB "stdc++_libbacktrace")
   check_support(HAS_CXX_EXCEPTION_TYPE has_cxx_exception_type.cpp "" "" "")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/platform/program_name.hpp b/src/platform/program_name.hpp
index 3257244d..a51f677a 100644
--- a/src/platform/program_name.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/program_name.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
-    inline std::string program_name() {
+    inline const char* program_name() {
         static std::mutex mutex;
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
         static std::string name;