diff --git a/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp b/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
index 891aed8b..331e6dbf 100644
--- a/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/ui/uiloader.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ UIElementPtr UILoader::createElementFromId(const std::string& id)
     UIElementPtr element;
 
     std::vector<std::string> split;
-    boost::split(split, id, boost::is_any_of("#"));
+    boost::split(split, id, boost::is_any_of(std::string("#")));
     if(split.size() != 2)
         return element;
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void UILoader::loadElements(const UIElementPtr& parent, const YAML::Node& node)
             // check if it's and element id
             if(id.find("#") != std::string::npos) {
                 std::vector<std::string> split;
-                boost::split(split, id, boost::is_any_of("#"));
+                boost::split(split, id, boost::is_any_of(std::string("#")));
                 loadElements(container->getChildById(split[1]), it.second());
             }
         }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void UILoader::loadElementAnchor(const UIElementPtr& element, EAnchorType type,
     node >> anchorDescription;
 
     std::vector<std::string> split;
-    boost::split(split, anchorDescription, boost::is_any_of("."));
+    boost::split(split, anchorDescription, boost::is_any_of(std::string(".")));
     if(split.size() != 2)
         throw YAML::Exception(node.GetMark(), "invalid anchors description");
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9d3e989f..729e1ae3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 
     // state scope
     {
-        boost::shared_ptr<MenuState> initialState(new MenuState);
-        //boost::shared_ptr<TestState> initialState(new TestState);
+        boost::scoped_ptr<MenuState> initialState(new MenuState);
+        //boost::scoped_ptr<TestState> initialState(new TestState);
         g_dispatcher.addTask(boost::bind(&Engine::changeState, &g_engine, initialState.get()));
 
         Platform::showWindow();