diff --git a/source/MetadataProcessor.Console/Program.cs b/source/MetadataProcessor.Console/Program.cs
index 3ac8b7d2..2983d85a 100644
--- a/source/MetadataProcessor.Console/Program.cs
+++ b/source/MetadataProcessor.Console/Program.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void Compile(
                 catch (Exception)
                 {
                     System.Console.Error.WriteLine(
-                        "Unable to compile output assembly file '{0}' - check parse command results.", fileName);
+                        $"Unable to compile output assembly file '{fileName}' - check parse command results.");
                     throw;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/source/MetadataProcessor.Core/nanoAssemblyBuilder.cs b/source/MetadataProcessor.Core/nanoAssemblyBuilder.cs
index 9366152e..c13ad100 100644
--- a/source/MetadataProcessor.Core/nanoAssemblyBuilder.cs
+++ b/source/MetadataProcessor.Core/nanoAssemblyBuilder.cs
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ private HashSet<MetadataToken> BuildDependencyList(MetadataToken token)
                             if (i.Operand is MethodReference ||
                                 i.Operand is FieldReference ||
                                 i.Operand is TypeDefinition ||
-                                i.Operand is TypeSpecification)
+                                i.Operand is TypeSpecification ||
+                                i.Operand is TypeReference)
                             {
                                 set.Add(((IMetadataTokenProvider)i.Operand).MetadataToken);
                             }