diff --git a/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake b/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index e2b40709..00000000
--- a/cmake/FindYamlCpp.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Try to find yaml-cpp
-#  YAMLCPP_FOUND - system has yaml-cpp
-#  YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR - the yaml-cpp include directory
-#  YAMLCPP_LIBRARY - the yaml-cpp library
-
-FIND_PATH(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES yaml.h PATH_SUFFIXES yaml-cpp)
-FIND_LIBRARY(YAMLCPP_LIBRARY NAMES libyaml-cpp.a yaml-cpp)
-INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(YamlCpp DEFAULT_MSG YAMLCPP_LIBRARY YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(YAMLCPP_LIBRARY YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/modules/messagebox/messagebox.yml b/data/modules/messagebox/messagebox.yml
index dc8473c0..5cf4b510 100644
--- a/data/modules/messagebox/messagebox.yml
+++ b/data/modules/messagebox/messagebox.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-window#messageBoxWindow:
+window#messageBoxWindow
   size: [192, 78]
   anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
   anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
 
 
-  label#textLabel:
+  label#textLabel
     anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
     anchors.top: parent.top
     margin.top: 27
 
-  button#okButton:
+  button#okButton
     text: Ok
     size: [43, 20]
     anchors.right: parent.right
diff --git a/src/framework/graphics/font.cpp b/src/framework/graphics/font.cpp
index 335c1089..cd65474e 100644
--- a/src/framework/graphics/font.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/graphics/font.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ bool Font::load(const std::string& file)
         // read custom widths
         if(doc->hasNode("glyph widths")) {
             std::map<int, int> glyphWidths;
-            (*(doc->at("glyph widths"))) >> glyphWidths;
+            doc->readAt("glyph widths", &glyphWidths);
             foreach(const auto& pair, glyphWidths)
                 m_glyphsSize[pair.first].setWidth(pair.second);
         }
diff --git a/src/framework/util/fml.cpp b/src/framework/util/fml.cpp
index 8e9ba2e4..a9cbd25b 100644
--- a/src/framework/util/fml.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/util/fml.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 
 namespace FML {
 
diff --git a/src/framework/util/fml.h b/src/framework/util/fml.h
index a1fcf622..e6dc196f 100644
--- a/src/framework/util/fml.h
+++ b/src/framework/util/fml.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public:
 
     // extracting values operator
     template <typename T>
-    friend void operator >> (const Node& node, T& value);
+    friend bool operator >> (const Node& node, T& value);
 
     // get nodes
     Node* at(const std::string& childTag) const;
@@ -85,13 +85,18 @@ public:
     // read values
     template <typename T>
     T read(T def = T()) const {
-        T value = def;
-        *this >> value;
-        return value;
+        T v = def;
+        *this >> v;
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    template <typename T>
+    bool read(T* v) const {
+        return (*this >> *v);
     }
 
     template <typename T>
-    T readAt(const std::string childTag, T def = T()) const {
+    T readAt(const std::string& childTag, T def = T()) const {
         T v = def;
         for(NodeList::const_iterator it = m_children.begin(); it != m_children.end(); ++it) {
             if((*it)->tag() == childTag) {
@@ -102,6 +107,15 @@ public:
         return v;
     }
 
+    template <typename T>
+    bool readAt(const std::string& childTag, T* v) const {
+        for(NodeList::const_iterator it = m_children.begin(); it != m_children.end(); ++it) {
+            if((*it)->tag() == childTag)
+                return (*(*it) >> *v);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     void addNode(Node* node);
 
 private:
@@ -118,23 +132,28 @@ private:
 // Node operators
 
 template <typename T>
-void operator >> (const Node& node, T& v)
+bool operator >> (const Node& node, T& v)
 {
-    fml_convert(node.value(), v);
+    return fml_convert(node.value(), v);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-void operator >> (const Node& node, std::vector<T>& v)
+bool operator >> (const Node& node, std::vector<T>& v)
 {
+    bool ret = true;
     v.clear();
     v.resize(node.size());
-    for(unsigned i=0;i<node.size();++i)
-        *node.at(i) >> v[i];
+    for(unsigned i=0;i<node.size();++i) {
+        if(!(*node.at(i) >> v[i]))
+            ret = false;
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 template <typename K, typename T>
-void operator >> (const Node& node, std::map<K, T>& m)
+bool operator >> (const Node& node, std::map<K, T>& m)
 {
+    bool ret = true;
     m.clear();
     for(Node::const_iterator it = node.begin(); it != node.end(); ++it) {
         Node* child = (*it);
@@ -143,8 +162,10 @@ void operator >> (const Node& node, std::map<K, T>& m)
         if(fml_convert<std::string, K>(child->tag(), k)) {
             *child >> v;
             m[k] = v;
+            ret = false;
         }
     }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 
@@ -198,20 +219,4 @@ private:
 
 } // namespace FML {
 
-// enable usage with foreach
-namespace boost
-{
-    // specialize range_mutable_iterator and range_const_iterator in namespace boost
-    template<>
-    struct range_mutable_iterator< FML::Node >
-    {
-        typedef FML::Node::iterator type;
-    };
-
-    template<>
-    struct range_const_iterator< FML::Node >
-    {
-        typedef FML::Node::const_iterator type;
-    };
-}
 #endif // FML_H