diff --git a/cmake/DetectArchitecture.cmake b/cmake/DetectArchitecture.cmake
index 1815324630..4c3a2030b5 100644
--- a/cmake/DetectArchitecture.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DetectArchitecture.cmake
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ endfunction()
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     set(INSTRUCTION_SETS
         "AVX1?/arch:AVX?__m128i value{}#auto result = _mm_extract_epi32(value, 0)"
-        "AVX2?/arch:AVX2?__m256i value{}#auto result = _mm256_extract_epi32(value, 0)"
+        "AVX2?/arch:AVX2?__m256i value{}#auto result = _mm256_add_epi32(__m256i{}, __m256i{})"
         "AVX512?/arch:AVX512?int32_t result[16]#const _mm512i& value{}#_mm512_store_si512(result, value)"
     )
 else()
     set(INSTRUCTION_SETS
         "AVX1?-mavx?__m128i value{}#auto result = _mm_extract_epi32(value, 0)"
-        "AVX2?-mavx2?__m256i value{}#auto result = _mm256_extract_epi32(value, 0)"
+        "AVX2?-mavx2?__m256i value{}#auto result = _mm256_add_epi32(__m256i{}, __m256i{})"
         "AVX512?-mavx512f?int32_t result[16]#const _mm512i& value{}#_mm512_store_si512(result, value)"
 )
 endif()
diff --git a/include/dpp/isa/avx.h b/include/dpp/isa/avx.h
index 9dc66b0d2b..1ba794d712 100644
--- a/include/dpp/isa/avx.h
+++ b/include/dpp/isa/avx.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace dpp {
 			for (uint64_t x = 0; x < byte_blocks_per_register; ++x) {
 				new_array[x] = static_cast<float>(values[x]);
 			}
-			return _mm256_load_ps(new_array);
+			return _mm_load_ps(new_array);
 		}
 
 		/**