diff --git a/bseq.c b/bseq.c
index e664c8f..d0a8fa9 100644
--- a/bseq.c
+++ b/bseq.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mm_bseq_file_t *mm_bseq_open(const char *fn)
 {
 	mm_bseq_file_t *fp;
 	gzFile f;
-	f = fn && strcmp(fn, "-")? gzopen(fn, "r") : gzdopen(fileno(stdin), "r");
+	f = fn && strcmp(fn, "-")? gzopen(fn, "r") : gzdopen(0, "r");
 	if (f == 0) return 0;
 	fp = (mm_bseq_file_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(mm_bseq_file_t));
 	fp->fp = f;
diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index a7114c7..c5539f3 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static void sam_write_rg_line(kstring_t *str, const char *s)
 		if (mm_verbose >= 1) fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] the read group line contained literal <tab> characters -- replace with escaped tabs: \\t\n");
 		goto err_set_rg;
 	}
-	rg_line = strdup(s);
+	rg_line = (char*)malloc(strlen(s) + 1);
+	strcpy(rg_line, s);
 	mm_escape(rg_line);
 	if ((p = strstr(rg_line, "\tID:")) == 0) {
 		if (mm_verbose >= 1) fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] no ID within the read group line\n");
diff --git a/ksw2_dispatch.c b/ksw2_dispatch.c
index c4e3e07..2d20d35 100644
--- a/ksw2_dispatch.c
+++ b/ksw2_dispatch.c
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 void __cpuidex(int cpuid[4], int func_id, int subfunc_id)
 {
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
-	asm volatile ("cpuid"
+	__asm__ volatile ("cpuid"
 			: "=a" (cpuid[0]), "=b" (cpuid[1]), "=c" (cpuid[2]), "=d" (cpuid[3])
 			: "0" (func_id), "2" (subfunc_id));
 #else // on 32bit, ebx can NOT be used as PIC code
-	asm volatile ("xchgl %%ebx, %1; cpuid; xchgl %%ebx, %1"
+	__asm__ volatile ("xchgl %%ebx, %1; cpuid; xchgl %%ebx, %1"
 			: "=a" (cpuid[0]), "=r" (cpuid[1]), "=c" (cpuid[2]), "=d" (cpuid[3])
 			: "0" (func_id), "2" (subfunc_id));
 #endif
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index d5e0307..00caaec 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "ketopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.13-r866-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.13-r873-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 930e6bf..f6b8c5f 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ long peakrss(void)
 double realtime(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tp;
-	struct timezone tzp;
-	gettimeofday(&tp, &tzp);
+	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
 	return tp.tv_sec + tp.tv_usec * 1e-6;
 }