diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 98f1dcb..20546ef 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl SslOptions {
         match path {
             &Some(ref p) => {
                 try!(File::open(p.as_path()));
-                Ok(Some(p.as_os_str().to_cstring().unwrap()))
+                Ok(Some(CString::new(p.to_string_lossy().into_owned()).unwrap()))
             },
             &None => Ok(None)
         }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e84f376..35a6761 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![feature(convert)]
-
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate mongoc_sys as mongoc;