diff --git a/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs b/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
index 1b899b8b15..122629b142 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ namespace MusicStore.Models
             //    await roleManager.CreateAsync(new IdentityRole(adminRole));
             //}
 
-            var user = await userManager.FindByNameAsync(configuration.Get<string>(defaultAdminUserName));
+            var user = await userManager.FindByNameAsync(configuration.Get(defaultAdminUserName));
             if (user == null)
             {
-                user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = configuration.Get<string>(defaultAdminUserName) };
-                await userManager.CreateAsync(user, configuration.Get<string>(defaultAdminPassword));
+                user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = configuration.Get(defaultAdminUserName) };
+                await userManager.CreateAsync(user, configuration.Get(defaultAdminPassword));
                 //await userManager.AddToRoleAsync(user, adminRole);
                 await userManager.AddClaimAsync(user, new Claim("ManageStore", "Allowed"));
             }
 
 #if TESTING
-            var envPerfLab = configuration.Get<string>("PERF_LAB");
+            var envPerfLab = configuration.Get("PERF_LAB");
             if (envPerfLab == "true")
             {
                 for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
index 051c5589d1..1b0b02dc12 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetSubKey("AppSettings"));
+            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetConfigurationSection("AppSettings"));
 
             var useInMemoryStore = _platform.IsRunningOnMono || _platform.IsRunningOnNanoServer;
 
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs b/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
index e6056ce5fb..19276f0c23 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetSubKey("AppSettings"));
+            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetConfigurationSection("AppSettings"));
 
             // Add EF services to the services container
             services.AddEntityFramework()
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs b/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
index 07281c7f9b..9e0a1f971e 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetSubKey("AppSettings"));
+            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetConfigurationSection("AppSettings"));
 
             var useInMemoryStore = _platform.IsRunningOnMono || _platform.IsRunningOnNanoServer;
 
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
index dad138906f..58ae99e3b9 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetSubKey("AppSettings"));
+            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetConfigurationSection("AppSettings"));
 
             //Sql client not available on mono
             var useInMemoryStore = _runtimeEnvironment.RuntimeType.Equals("Mono", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
index f2bf0aea6a..25bb31c523 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetSubKey("AppSettings"));
+            services.Configure<AppSettings>(Configuration.GetConfigurationSection("AppSettings"));
 
             //Sql client not available on mono
             string value;