diff --git a/src/ewig/buffer.cpp b/src/ewig/buffer.cpp
index 0221bdc..3bd1949 100644
--- a/src/ewig/buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/ewig/buffer.cpp
@@ -480,10 +480,10 @@ text selected_text(buffer buf)
                 : buf.content)
             .take(ends.row + 1)
             .drop(starts.row)
-            .update(ends.row-starts.row, [&] (auto l) {
+            .update(ends.row-starts.row, [&, ends = ends] (auto l) {
                 return l.take(line_char(l, ends.col));
             })
-            .update(0, [&] (auto l) {
+            .update(0, [&, starts = starts] (auto l) {
                 return l.drop(line_char(l, starts.col));
             });
 }
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@ std::pair<buffer, text> cut(buffer buf)
                 : buf.content;
             buf.content = content
                 .take(starts.row + 1)
-                .update(starts.row, [&] (auto l1) {
+                .update(starts.row, [&, ends = ends, starts = starts] (auto l1) {
                     auto l2 = content[ends.row];
                     return l1.take(line_char(l1, starts.col))
                         +  l2.drop(line_char(l2, ends.col));
                 })
               + buf.content.drop(ends.row + 1);
         } else {
-            buf.content = buf.content.update(starts.row, [&] (auto l) {
+            buf.content = buf.content.update(starts.row, [&, starts = starts, ends = ends] (auto l) {
                 return l.take(line_char(l, starts.col))
                     +  l.drop(line_char(l, ends.col));
             });
diff --git a/src/ewig/draw.cpp b/src/ewig/draw.cpp
index 3ccaf3a..1e06407 100644
--- a/src/ewig/draw.cpp
+++ b/src/ewig/draw.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 #include <scelta.hpp>
 
 extern "C" {
+
+#ifndef _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+    #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+#endif
+
 #include <ncurses.h>
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ void draw_text(const buffer& buf, coord size)
                                              (index)buf.content.size());
     auto [starts, ends] = display_selected_region(buf);
 
-    immer::for_each(first_ln, last_ln, [&] (auto ln) {
+    immer::for_each(first_ln, last_ln, [&, starts=starts, ends=ends] (auto ln) {
         str.clear();
         display_line_fill(ln, buf.scroll.col + col, 2*size.col, str);
         ::move(row, col);
@@ -94,9 +99,9 @@ void draw_text(const buffer& buf, coord size)
             auto hl_first = row == starts.row ? std::max(starts.col, 0) : 0;
             auto hl_last  = row == ends.row   ? std::max(ends.col, 0) : str.size();
             ::addnwstr(str.c_str(), hl_first);
-            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR(color::selection));
+            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::selection));
             ::addnwstr(str.c_str() + hl_first, hl_last - hl_first);
-            ::attroff(COLOR_PAIR(color::selection));
+            ::attroff(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::selection));
             ::addnwstr(str.c_str() + hl_last, str.size() - hl_last);
         } else {
             ::addwstr(str.c_str());
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ void draw_mode_line(const buffer& buf, index maxcol)
             auto percentage = int(progress * 100);
             ::move(getcury(stdscr), maxcol - str.size() - 6);
             attrset(A_NORMAL | A_BOLD);
-            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR(color::mode_line_message));
+            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::mode_line_message));
             ::printw(" %s %*d%% ", str.c_str(), 2, percentage);
         },
         [&] (const loading_file& file) {
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ void draw_mode_line(const buffer& buf, index maxcol)
             auto percentage = int(progress * 100);
             ::move(getcury(stdscr), maxcol - str.size() - 6);
             attrset(A_NORMAL | A_BOLD);
-            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR(color::mode_line_message));
+            ::attron(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::mode_line_message));
             ::printw(" %s %*d%% ", str.c_str(), 2, percentage);
         },
         [](auto&&) {})(buf.from);
@@ -144,10 +149,10 @@ void draw_mode_line(const buffer& buf, index maxcol)
 void draw_message(const message& msg)
 {
     attrset(A_NORMAL);
-    ::attron(COLOR_PAIR(color::message));
+    ::attron(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::message));
     ::addstr(" ");
     ::addstr(msg.content.get().c_str());
-    ::attroff(COLOR_PAIR(color::message));
+    ::attroff(COLOR_PAIR((int)color::message));
 }
 
 void draw_text_cursor(const buffer& buf, coord window_size)
diff --git a/src/ewig/keys.cpp b/src/ewig/keys.cpp
index 4cb7d79..75697f5 100644
--- a/src/ewig/keys.cpp
+++ b/src/ewig/keys.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 extern "C" {
+
+#ifndef _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+    #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+#endif
+
 #include <ncurses.h>
 }
 
+
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 namespace ewig {
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ namespace {
 
 key_seq from_special_str(const char* name)
 {
-    auto id = ::tigetstr(name);
+    auto id = ::tigetstr((NCURSES_CONST char*)name);
     if (!id || id == (char*)-1)
         throw std::runtime_error{"tigetstr() error for: "s + name};
     auto code = ::key_defined(name);
diff --git a/src/ewig/main.cpp b/src/ewig/main.cpp
index afade2a..a8fccd6 100644
--- a/src/ewig/main.cpp
+++ b/src/ewig/main.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void run(int argc, const char** argv, const std::string& fname)
         application{term.size(), key_map_emacs},
         update,
         draw,
-        lager::boost_asio_event_loop{serv, [&] { term.stop(); }},
+        lager::with_boost_asio_event_loop{serv, [&] { term.stop(); }},
         enhancer);
     term.start([&] (auto ev) { st.dispatch (ev); });
     st.dispatch(command_action{"load", fname});
diff --git a/src/ewig/terminal.cpp b/src/ewig/terminal.cpp
index ef4c241..2baa93a 100644
--- a/src/ewig/terminal.cpp
+++ b/src/ewig/terminal.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 extern "C" {
+
+#ifndef _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+    #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+#endif
+
 #include <ncurses.h>
 }
 
+
 using namespace std::placeholders;
 using namespace std::string_literals;