diff --git a/Modules/Simulation/mitkSimulationTemplateReader.cpp b/Modules/Simulation/mitkSimulationTemplateReader.cpp
index 83fb4e1cbf..cf35e0b0e2 100644
--- a/Modules/Simulation/mitkSimulationTemplateReader.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Simulation/mitkSimulationTemplateReader.cpp
@@ -1,113 +1,113 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkSimulationTemplate.h"
 #include "mitkSimulationTemplateReader.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
 static std::string ReadFile(const std::string& fileName)
 {
-  std::ifstream file(fileName);
+  std::ifstream file(fileName.c_str());
 
   if (!file.is_open())
     mitkThrow() << "Could not load '" << fileName << "'!";
 
   std::string contents;
 
   file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
   contents.resize(file.tellg());
   file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
   file.read(&contents[0], contents.size());
 
   file.close();
 
   if (contents.empty())
     mitkThrow() << fileName << " is empty!";
 
   return contents;
 }
 
 bool mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::CanReadFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string&, const std::string&)
 {
   std::string::size_type length = filename.length();
 
   if (length < 14)
     return false;
 
   std::string ext = filename.substr(length - 13);
   std::transform(ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(), tolower);
 
   if (ext == ".scn.template" || ext == ".xml.template")
     return true;
 
   return false;
 }
 
 mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::SimulationTemplateReader()
 {
   mitk::SimulationTemplate::Pointer output = mitk::SimulationTemplate::New();
 
   this->SetNumberOfRequiredOutputs(1);
   this->SetNthOutput(0, output.GetPointer());
 }
 
 mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::~SimulationTemplateReader()
 {
 }
 
 void mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::GenerateData()
 {
   SimulationTemplate::Pointer simulationTemplate = dynamic_cast<mitk::SimulationTemplate*>(this->GetOutput(0));
 
   std::string contents = ReadFile(m_FileName);
   simulationTemplate->Parse(contents);
 }
 
 void mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::GenerateOutputInformation()
 {
 }
 
 const char* mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::GetFileName() const
 {
   return m_FileName.c_str();
 }
 
 void mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::SetFileName(const char* aFileName)
 {
   m_FileName = aFileName;
 }
 
 const char* mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::GetFilePattern() const
 {
   return m_FilePattern.c_str();
 }
 
 void mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::SetFilePattern(const char* aFilePattern)
 {
   m_FilePattern = aFilePattern;
 }
 
 const char* mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::GetFilePrefix() const
 {
   return m_FilePrefix.c_str();
 }
 
 void mitk::SimulationTemplateReader::SetFilePrefix(const char* aFilePrefix)
 {
   m_FilePrefix = aFilePrefix;
 }