diff --git a/apps/ita_convoi/ita_convoi.cpp b/apps/ita_convoi/ita_convoi.cpp
index e84ba58b0ceaf7bf32e24b300650e2440c6c3f19..6f432c7399c6310c4536e28a039eda5ee649b1d3 100644
--- a/apps/ita_convoi/ita_convoi.cpp
+++ b/apps/ita_convoi/ita_convoi.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 	int iBlockLength = ITAPortaudioInterface::GetPreferredBufferSize();
 	if( argc > 3 )
 	{
-		iBlockLength = int( *argv[ 3 ] );
+		iBlockLength = atoi( argv[ 3 ] );
 	}
 
 	// Start audio streaming
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 	ITAPortaudioInterface oITAPA( dSamplingRate, iBlockLength );
 	int iPortaudioDeviceID = oITAPA.GetDefaultOutputDevice();
 	if( argc > 4 )
-		iPortaudioDeviceID = int( *argv[ 4 ] );
+		iPortaudioDeviceID = atoi( argv[ 4 ] );
 
+	std::cout << "Attempting to initialize Portaudio device with ID " << iPortaudioDeviceID << std::endl;
 	if( ( iError = oITAPA.Initialize( iPortaudioDeviceID ) ) != ITAPortaudioInterface::ITA_PA_NO_ERROR )
 	{
 		std::cerr << "Could not initialize Portaudio, encountered error: " << ITAPortaudioInterface::GetErrorCodeString( iError ) <<  std::endl;
diff --git a/apps/ita_convoi/run_ita_convoi.bat b/apps/ita_convoi/run_ita_convoi.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8cad964e0a18e11a5b74009fecf7afeb54484dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ita_convoi/run_ita_convoi.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bin\ita_convoi.exe data\lang_short.wav data\rir_train_30s.wav 1 256
\ No newline at end of file