diff --git a/client/Reader/MainForm.cs b/client/Reader/MainForm.cs
index 77dc99e..88f959d 100644
--- a/client/Reader/MainForm.cs
+++ b/client/Reader/MainForm.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ namespace Reader
         {
             var configPath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "appsettings.json");
             var jsonContent = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(configPath);
-            ServerUrl = jsonContent.Replace("\"", "").Split(':')[1].Replace("/", "").Trim();
+            var start = jsonContent.IndexOf('"', jsonContent.IndexOf("ServerUrl") + 10);
+            var end = jsonContent.IndexOf('"', start + 1);
+            ServerUrl = jsonContent.Substring(start + 1, end - start - 1).Trim();
         }
 
         public MainForm()
diff --git a/client/Writer/MainForm.cs b/client/Writer/MainForm.cs
index 09e703c..35afbf8 100644
--- a/client/Writer/MainForm.cs
+++ b/client/Writer/MainForm.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ namespace Writer
         {
             var configPath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "appsettings.json");
             var jsonContent = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(configPath);
-            ServerUrl = jsonContent.Replace("\"", "").Split(':')[1].Replace("/", "").Trim();
+            var start = jsonContent.IndexOf('"', jsonContent.IndexOf("ServerUrl") + 10);
+            var end = jsonContent.IndexOf('"', start + 1);
+            ServerUrl = jsonContent.Substring(start + 1, end - start - 1).Trim();
         }
 
         public MainForm()
diff --git a/client/Writer/Writer.csproj b/client/Writer/Writer.csproj
index c48b8d3..356e0a7 100644
--- a/client/Writer/Writer.csproj
+++ b/client/Writer/Writer.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="appsettings.json">
+    <None Update="appsettings.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>