diff --git a/csharp/sbe-benchmarks/sbe-benchmarks.csproj b/csharp/sbe-benchmarks/sbe-benchmarks.csproj
index 57801c577e..4205732737 100644
--- a/csharp/sbe-benchmarks/sbe-benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/csharp/sbe-benchmarks/sbe-benchmarks.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     <Copyright>Copyright (C) Bill Segall 2018, MarketFactory Inc 2017, Adaptive 2014. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <Description />
     <Product>SBE</Product>
+    <ApplicationIcon />
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <StartupObject />
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>