diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80a73c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[requires]
+libzip/1.5.1@bincrafters/stable
+libcurl/7.61.1@bincrafters/stable
+boost/1.69.0@conan/stable
+cryptopp/7.0.0@bincrafters/stable
+
+[generators]
+visual_studio
+
+[options]
+libzip:shared=False
+libcurl:shared=False
+libcurl:with_openssl=False
+libcurl:with_winssl=True
+boost:shared=False
+cryptopp:shared=False
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libLicenseClient.vcxproj b/libLicenseClient.vcxproj
index 7842e96..df5b0f0 100644
--- a/libLicenseClient.vcxproj
+++ b/libLicenseClient.vcxproj
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
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     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="project-common.props" />
+    <Import Project="non-debugable.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
diff --git a/non-debugable.props b/non-debugable.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e86c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/non-debugable.props
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>BOOST_EXCEPTION_DISABLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <CreateHotpatchableImage>false</CreateHotpatchableImage>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <StripPrivateSymbols>YES</StripPrivateSymbols>
+      <AssemblyDebug>false</AssemblyDebug>
+      <ProgramDatabaseFile />
+      <FullProgramDatabaseFile>false</FullProgramDatabaseFile>
+      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project-common.props b/project-common.props
index 7b012c7..733f478 100644
--- a/project-common.props
+++ b/project-common.props
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="..\thirdparty\boost-1.67.0\boost.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\thirdparty\curl-7.58.0\curl-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\thirdparty\zlib-1.2.11\zlib-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\thirdparty\libzip-1.4.0\libzip-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\thirdparty\cryptopp-6.1.0\cryptopp-static.props" />
+    <Import Project="build\conanbuildinfo_multi.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/src/LicenseClient.cpp b/src/LicenseClient.cpp
index 8e21020..ce4855f 100644
--- a/src/LicenseClient.cpp
+++ b/src/LicenseClient.cpp
@@ -333,11 +333,15 @@ bool LicenseClient::tryPreactivate(HTTPClient &httpClient)
 
 bool LicenseClient::activate(HTTPClient &httpClient, const std::string & licenseNumber)
 {
-    std::string jsonReq;
-
+	auto validLicenseKey = validateLicenseKey(licenseNumber);
+	if (!validLicenseKey)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+	
     std::ostringstream ss1;
 
-    ActivationRequest req{ productId, m_systemParams, licenseNumber };
+    ActivationRequest req{ productId, m_systemParams, validLicenseKey.value() };
     serialize(ss1, req);
 
     std::stringstream ss2;
diff --git a/test/conanfile.txt b/test/conanfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d1bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/conanfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[requires]
+boost/1.69.0@conan/stable
+gtest/1.8.1@bincrafters/stable
+
+[generators]
+visual_studio
+
+[options]
+boost:shared=False
+gtest:build_gmock=True
diff --git a/test/libLicenseClientTest.vcxproj b/test/libLicenseClientTest.vcxproj
index 3b5e91a..9a4f8df 100644
--- a/test/libLicenseClientTest.vcxproj
+++ b/test/libLicenseClientTest.vcxproj
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@
       <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
-      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>15.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -39,19 +31,6 @@
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
-    <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
@@ -59,35 +38,19 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\gtest-20180224\gtest-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\gtest-20180224\gmock-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\boost-1.67.0\boost.props" />
+    <Import Project="build\conanbuildinfo_multi.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\gtest-20180224\gtest-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\gtest-20180224\gmock-static.props" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\thirdparty\boost-1.67.0\boost.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="build\conanbuildinfo_multi.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -102,22 +65,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\api;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderFile />
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>gmock_maind.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
@@ -138,26 +86,7 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\api;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderFile />
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>gmock_main.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>