diff --git a/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.cpp b/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.cpp
index cf1c18430..7fa137398 100644
--- a/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.cpp
+++ b/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.cpp
@@ -527,14 +527,14 @@ void OBSYoutubeActions::InitBroadcast()
 			} else {
 				// Stream now usecase.
 				blog(LOG_DEBUG, "New valid stream: %s", QT_TO_UTF8(stream.name));
-				emit ok(QT_TO_UTF8(broadcast.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.name), true,
-					true, true);
+				emit ok(broadcast.id.toStdString(), stream.id.toStdString(), stream.name.toStdString(),
+					true, true, true);
 				Accept();
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Stream to precreated broadcast usecase.
-			emit ok(QT_TO_UTF8(broadcast.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.name), autostart,
-				autostop, true);
+			emit ok(broadcast.id.toStdString(), stream.id.toStdString(), stream.name.toStdString(),
+				autostart, autostop, true);
 			Accept();
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ void OBSYoutubeActions::ReadyBroadcast()
 	thread->wait();
 
 	if (success) {
-		emit ok(QT_TO_UTF8(broadcast.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.id), QT_TO_UTF8(stream.name), autostart, autostop,
-			false);
+		emit ok(broadcast.id.toStdString(), stream.id.toStdString(), stream.name.toStdString(), autostart,
+			autostop, false);
 		Accept();
 	} else {
 		// Fail.
diff --git a/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.hpp b/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.hpp
index 323c25d52..6d4ca3157 100644
--- a/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.hpp
+++ b/frontend/dialogs/OBSYoutubeActions.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class OBSYoutubeActions : public QDialog {
 	std::unique_ptr<Ui::OBSYoutubeActions> ui;
 
 signals:
-	void ok(const QString &broadcast_id, const QString &stream_id, const QString &key, bool autostart,
-		bool autostop, bool start_now);
+	void ok(const std::string &broadcast_id, const std::string &stream_id, const std::string &key, bool autostart,
+		bool autostop, bool startNow);
 
 protected:
 	void showEvent(QShowEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.hpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.hpp
index 2ce5580cc..33b7e5a9f 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.hpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.hpp
@@ -1661,8 +1661,8 @@ private:
 
 	void YoutubeStreamCheck(const std::string &key);
 	void ShowYouTubeAutoStartWarning();
-	void YouTubeActionDialogOk(const QString &broadcast_id, const QString &stream_id, const QString &key,
-				   bool autostart, bool autostop, bool start_now);
+	void YouTubeActionDialogOk(const std::string &broadcastId, const std::string &streamId, const std::string &key,
+				   bool autostart, bool autostop, bool startNow);
 #endif
 
 	void BroadcastButtonClicked();
diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_YouTube.cpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_YouTube.cpp
index bd708bb3f..8a2285515 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_YouTube.cpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_YouTube.cpp
@@ -32,21 +32,15 @@ using namespace std;
 extern bool cef_js_avail;
 
 #ifdef YOUTUBE_ENABLED
-void OBSBasic::YouTubeActionDialogOk(const QString &broadcast_id, const QString &stream_id, const QString &key,
-				     bool autostart, bool autostop, bool start_now)
+void OBSBasic::YouTubeActionDialogOk(const std::string &broadcastId, const std::string &streamId,
+				     const std::string &key, bool autostart, bool autostop, bool startNow)
 {
-	//blog(LOG_DEBUG, "Stream key: %s", QT_TO_UTF8(key));
 	obs_service_t *service_obj = GetService();
 	OBSDataAutoRelease settings = obs_service_get_settings(service_obj);
 
-	const std::string a_key = QT_TO_UTF8(key);
-	obs_data_set_string(settings, "key", a_key.c_str());
-
-	const std::string b_id = QT_TO_UTF8(broadcast_id);
-	obs_data_set_string(settings, "broadcast_id", b_id.c_str());
-
-	const std::string s_id = QT_TO_UTF8(stream_id);
-	obs_data_set_string(settings, "stream_id", s_id.c_str());
+	obs_data_set_string(settings, "key", key.c_str());
+	obs_data_set_string(settings, "broadcast_id", broadcastId.c_str());
+	obs_data_set_string(settings, "stream_id", streamId.c_str());
 
 	obs_service_update(service_obj, settings);
 	autoStartBroadcast = autostart;
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ void OBSBasic::YouTubeActionDialogOk(const QString &broadcast_id, const QString
 
 	emit BroadcastStreamReady(broadcastReady);
 
-	if (start_now)
+	if (startNow)
 		QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "StartStreaming");
 }