1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/tools/heat/VSProjectHarvester.cs b/src/tools/heat/VSProjectHarvester.cs
index 93b20cd8..02e8ff94 100644
--- a/src/tools/heat/VSProjectHarvester.cs
+++ b/src/tools/heat/VSProjectHarvester.cs
@@ -334,22 +334,24 @@ namespace WixToolset.Harvesters
             }
             else
             {
-                Wix.DirectoryRef directoryRef = new Wix.DirectoryRef();
-                harvestParent = directoryRef;
+                string directoryRefId;
 
                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.directoryIds))
                 {
-                    directoryRef.Id = this.directoryIds;
+                    directoryRefId = this.directoryIds;
                 }
                 else if (this.setUniqueIdentifiers)
                 {
-                    directoryRef.Id = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DirectoryIdFormat, sanitizedProjectName, pog.Name);
+                    directoryRefId = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DirectoryIdFormat, sanitizedProjectName, pog.Name);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    directoryRef.Id = this.Core.CreateIdentifierFromFilename(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DirectoryIdFormat, sanitizedProjectName, pog.Name));
+                    directoryRefId = this.Core.CreateIdentifierFromFilename(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DirectoryIdFormat, sanitizedProjectName, pog.Name));
                 }
 
+                var directoryRef = DirectoryHelper.CreateDirectoryReference(directoryRefId);
+                harvestParent = directoryRef;
+
                 this.directoryRefSeed = this.Core.GenerateIdentifier(DirectoryPrefix, this.projectGUID, pog.Name);
             }