diff --git a/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/config.pro b/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/config.pro
index 913a0c14d..194b68379 100644
--- a/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/config.pro
+++ b/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/config.pro
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ DEFINES += CONFIG_LIBRARY
 QT += widgets svg opengl qml quick
 
 # silence eigen warnings
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+#QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 win32 {
-    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-ignored-attributes
+    #QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-ignored-attributes
 }
 
 include(config_dependencies.pri)
diff --git a/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/configvehicletypewidget.cpp b/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/configvehicletypewidget.cpp
index 713ce544f..95f3a8180 100644
--- a/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/configvehicletypewidget.cpp
+++ b/ground/gcs/src/plugins/config/configvehicletypewidget.cpp
@@ -299,12 +299,11 @@ QString ConfigVehicleTypeWidget::vehicleName()
 
     QString name;
     for (uint i = 0; i < field->getNumElements(); ++i) {
-        QChar chr = field->getValue(i).toChar();
-        if (chr != 0) {
-            name.append(chr);
-        } else {
+        QVariant value = field->getValue(i);
+        if (value == 0) {
             break;
         }
+        name.append(value.toChar());
     }
     return name;
 }