diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a7d6939..79bcbc45 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(otclient ${SOURCES})
 
 # target link libraries
+MESSAGE(
+    ${YAMLCPP_LIBRARY})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(otclient
     ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake b/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake
index bfa24711..ab2f846c 100644
--- a/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 FIND_PATH(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR yaml-cpp/yaml.h
 HINTS
-$ENV{PHYSFSDIR}
 PATH_SUFFIXES include/yaml-cpp include
 PATHS
 ~/Library/Frameworks
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ PATHS
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(YAMLCPP_LIBRARY
 NAMES yaml-cpp
-HINTS
-$ENV{PHYSFSDIR}
 PATH_SUFFIXES lib64 lib
 PATHS
 ~/Library/Frameworks
diff --git a/data/skins/lightness.yml b/data/skins/lightness.yml
index c85a33df..7b1a4f8a 100644
--- a/data/skins/lightness.yml
+++ b/data/skins/lightness.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 default font: sans-11px-bold
 default font color: [51, 51, 51, 255]
-    
+
 buttons:
   default:
     default size: [96, 22]
@@ -134,3 +134,4 @@ line decorations:
     bordered image:
       source: lightness/window.png
       top border: [2,254,252,2]
+
diff --git a/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp b/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
index fc97c053..0a74bfb9 100644
--- a/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void UILoader::loadElements(const UIElementPtr& parent, const YAML::Node& node)
         foreach(const UIElementPtr& element, container->getChildren()) {
             for(auto it = node.begin(); it != node.end(); ++it) {
                 // node found, load it
-                if(boost::ends_with(it.first().Read<std::string>(), "#" + element->getId())) {
+                if(boost::ends_with(yamlRead<std::string>(it.first()), "#" + element->getId())) {
                     loadElements(element, it.second());
                     break;
                 }
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ void UILoader::loadElement(const UIElementPtr& element, const YAML::Node& node)
     // set element skin
     if(yamlHasValue(node, "skin")) {
         const YAML::Node& cnode = node["skin"];
-        if(cnode.GetType() == YAML::CT_SCALAR) {
-            element->setSkin(g_uiSkins.getElementSkin(element->getElementType(), cnode));
+        if(cnode.Type() == YAML::NodeType::Scalar) {
+            element->setSkin(g_uiSkins.getElementSkin(element->getElementType(), yamlRead<std::string>(cnode)));
         } else {
             UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UIElementSkin());
             skin->load(cnode);
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void UILoader::loadElementAnchor(const UIElementPtr& anchoredElement, UI::Anchor
 
 void UILoader::loadButton(const UIButtonPtr& button, const YAML::Node& node)
 {
-    button->setText(node["text"].Read<std::string>());
+    button->setText(yamlRead<std::string>(node["text"]));
 
     // set on click event
     if(yamlHasValue(node, "onClick")) {
diff --git a/src/framework/ui/uiskins.cpp b/src/framework/ui/uiskins.cpp
index d115489e..3dec15c7 100644
--- a/src/framework/ui/uiskins.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/ui/uiskins.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UIButtonSkin(name));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UIElementSkin(name, UI::Panel));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UIWindowSkin(name));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UILabelSkin(name));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UITextEditSkin(name));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
@@ -128,7 +133,8 @@ void UISkins::load(const std::string& skinsFile)
                 it.first() >> name;
 
                 UIElementSkinPtr skin = UIElementSkinPtr(new UIElementSkin(name, UI::LineDecoration));
-                skin->load(it.second());
+                if(it.second().Type() == YAML::NodeType::Map)
+                    skin->load(it.second());
                 m_elementSkins.push_back(skin);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/framework/util/yaml.h b/src/framework/util/yaml.h
index 77550c6c..98cf90c6 100644
--- a/src/framework/util/yaml.h
+++ b/src/framework/util/yaml.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ inline void operator>>(const YAML::Node& node, TSize<T>& size)
 template<class T>
 inline T yamlRead(const YAML::Node& node)
 {
-    return node.Read<T>();
+    return node.to<T>();
 }
 
 template<class T>