diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
index d58531960..29dd6314f 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,19 @@ namespace Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks
                 data = sr.ReadToEnd();
             }
 
+            LocalesJson json;
 
-            LocalesJson json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LocalesJson>(data);
+            try
+            {
+                json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LocalesJson>(data);
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Log.LogError($"Json Validation failed! {e.Message}");
+
+                return false;
+            }
 
 
             for (int i = 0; i < json.Locales.Count; i++)
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13e9f7769
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/LocalesValidationTask.dll differ
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
index ea86eeb0f..d36c2a945 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks/Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
 
     <temp_assemblies>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)temp_assemblies/</temp_assemblies>
@@ -14,17 +13,19 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="ValidationTask">
-    <Message Text="dir $(FrameworkDir)" Importance="high" />
-
     <Message Text="Running Validations..." Importance="high" />
 
+    <Message Text="Copying Assemblies To Intermediate Folder: $(temp_assemblies)" Importance="high" />
+    <!--Copy needed assemblies to the intermediate folder, only copy assemblies that are needed to run the validation dlls-->
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(PkgNewtonsoft_Json)/lib/netstandard2.0/Newtonsoft.Json.dll" DestinationFolder="$(temp_assemblies)" />
+
     <!--Run Validation Targets Here-->
     <CallTarget Targets="MasterLocalesValidationTask" />
 
     <Message Text="Validations Succeeded!" Importance="high" />
   </Target>
   
-  <!--__________________________________________________LocalesValidation Task__________________________________________________-->
+  <!--__________________________________________________Start LocalesValidation Task__________________________________________________-->
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--Name of Validation Task. <Name> refers to this name-->
@@ -48,10 +49,10 @@
              $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Framework)/ref/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll;
              $(PkgMicrosoft_Build_Utilities_Core)/ref/netstandard2.0/Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll;
              $(PkgNewtonsoft_Json)/lib/netstandard2.0/Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
-         TargetType="Library" OutputAssembly="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)temp_assemblies/$(Dll)"/>
+         TargetType="Library" OutputAssembly="$(temp_assemblies)$(Dll)"/>
   </Target>
 
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.$(Name)Task" TaskFactory="TaskHostFactory" AssemblyFile="temp_assemblies/$(Dll)"/>
+  <UsingTask TaskName="Ryujinx.BuildValidationTasks.$(Name)Task" TaskFactory="TaskHostFactory" AssemblyFile="$(temp_assemblies)$(Dll)"/>
 
   <!--Name should be "Master<Name>Task"-->
   <Target Name="MasterLocalesValidationTask" DependsOnTargets="Build$(Name)TaskDll">
@@ -61,4 +62,4 @@
     <Message Text="$(Name)Task finished!" Importance="high" />
   </Target>
 
-</Project>
+</Project>
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