diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2229fc09b84df585b29bbaa11aac2c410b7eb715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
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diff --git a/kissinference.cs b/kissinference.cs
index 6c9e126507319616e1f5ec52fa8da6b7b01a6d89..7cf6066abaadae024827a29fcf5a8317388c00f8 100644
--- a/kissinference.cs
+++ b/kissinference.cs
@@ -161,10 +161,14 @@ public class Network: System.IDisposable
 	/// </returns>
 	private string getError()
 	{
+#if (NET6_0_OR_GREATER)
 		return Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(Capi.kiss_get_strerror(ref net));
-	}
+#else
+		return Capi.UTF8StringFromPointer(Capi.kiss_get_strerror(ref net));
+#endif
+        }
 
-	public void Dispose()
+        public void Dispose()
 	{
 		Dispose(true);
 		GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
@@ -571,11 +575,37 @@ internal class Capi
 		while(ptr[size] != IntPtr.Zero)
 			++size;
 		string[] OutputStrArray = new string[size];
+		
+#if (NET6_0_OR_GREATER)
 		for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
 			OutputStrArray[i] = Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(ptr[i]);
-		return OutputStrArray;
+#else
+		for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+				OutputStrArray[i] = UTF8StringFromPointer(ptr[i]);
+#endif
+
+            return OutputStrArray;
 	}
 
+#if (NETSTANDARD2_0_OR_GREATER)
+	public static string UTF8StringFromPointer(IntPtr ptr)
+	{
+		var bytes = new List<byte>(128);
+		var idx = 0;
+		while (true)
+		{
+			var b = Marshal.ReadByte(ptr, idx);
+			if (b == 0)
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+			
+			bytes.Add(b);
+		}
+		
+		return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes.ToArray());
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/kissinference.csproj b/kissinference.csproj
index 784edbc5cbf5e5268b13c8f0efd863859a29cfb7..cfe9bad193903c0c378a465e056ac2ff34413ee3 100644
--- a/kissinference.csproj
+++ b/kissinference.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 <PropertyGroup>
-	<AssemblyName>kinnsinference</AssemblyName>
+	<AssemblyName>kissinference</AssemblyName>
 	<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
 	<OutputType>library</OutputType>
 	<AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-	<TargetFrameworks>net6;net7;net8</TargetFrameworks>
+	<TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net6;net7;net8</TargetFrameworks>
 	<EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
 </PropertyGroup>
 <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/kissinference.sln b/kissinference.sln
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd5c5b3cf4ac3f46d1c510436e765947a61a4c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kissinference.sln
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.9.34728.123
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "kissinference", "kissinference.csproj", "{B5C86025-19DE-4DCC-BE8A-63C85EEBC870}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{B5C86025-19DE-4DCC-BE8A-63C85EEBC870}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B5C86025-19DE-4DCC-BE8A-63C85EEBC870}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B5C86025-19DE-4DCC-BE8A-63C85EEBC870}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{B5C86025-19DE-4DCC-BE8A-63C85EEBC870}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {FE6C0E39-443D-49C5-8BA6-76589A7F76CC}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal