diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 49ec2246..ed5c1fe1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DEPS], [openssl glib-2.0 libcurl])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NOTIFY], [libnotify], [], 
     [AC_MSG_NOTICE([libnotify module not found])])
 
-AM_CFLAGS="-O3 "
+AM_CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall"
 AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -lstrophe -lxml2 -lexpat -lncurses -lcurl -lresolv "
 AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS $DEPS_LIBS $NOTIFY_LIBS"
 
diff --git a/src/input_win.c b/src/input_win.c
index 6f553b42..be030f29 100644
--- a/src/input_win.c
+++ b/src/input_win.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ create_input_window(void)
 void
 inp_win_resize(const char * const input, const int size)
 {
-    int rows, cols, inp_x, inp_y;
+    int rows, cols, inp_x;
     getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
-    getyx(inp_win, inp_y, inp_x);
+    inp_x = getcurx(inp_win);
     
     // if lost cursor off screen, move contents to show it
     if (inp_x >= pad_start + cols) {
diff --git a/src/prof_history.c b/src/prof_history.c
index c9139c57..e5667d86 100644
--- a/src/prof_history.c
+++ b/src/prof_history.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ p_history_previous(PHistory history, char *item)
         _create_session(history);
         
         // add the new item
-        g_list_append(history->session.items, copied);
+        history->session.items = g_list_append(history->session.items, copied);
         history->session.sess_new = g_list_last(history->session.items);
 
         char *result = strdup(history->session.sess_curr->data);
diff --git a/src/status_bar.c b/src/status_bar.c
index 763f5ada..3a22d3db 100644
--- a/src/status_bar.c
+++ b/src/status_bar.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ status_bar_inactive(const int win)
 
     int active_pos = 1 + ((win -1) * 3);
 
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
  
     mvwaddch(status_bar, 0, cols - 29 + active_pos, ' ');
     if (win == 9)
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ status_bar_active(const int win)
 
     int active_pos = 1 + ((win -1) * 3);
 
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
  
     wattron(status_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DRAW);
     if (win < 9)
@@ -161,8 +159,7 @@ status_bar_new(const int win)
 
     int active_pos = 1 + ((win -1) * 3);
 
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
  
     wattron(status_bar, COLOUR_BAR_TEXT);
     wattron(status_bar, A_BLINK);
@@ -212,8 +209,8 @@ status_bar_clear(void)
 
     wclear(status_bar);
 
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
+
     wattron(status_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DRAW);
     mvwprintw(status_bar, 0, cols - 29, _active);
     wattroff(status_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DRAW);
diff --git a/src/tinyurl.c b/src/tinyurl.c
index 60ced9a1..48987cf3 100644
--- a/src/tinyurl.c
+++ b/src/tinyurl.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ tinyurl_get(char *url)
     g_string_append(full_url, url);
 
     CURL *handle = curl_easy_init();
-    CURLcode result; 
     struct curl_data_t output; 
     output.buffer = NULL;
     output.size = 0;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ tinyurl_get(char *url)
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, _data_callback);
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&output);
     
-    result = curl_easy_perform(handle);
+    curl_easy_perform(handle);
     curl_easy_cleanup(handle);
 
     output.buffer[output.size++] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/title_bar.c b/src/title_bar.c
index 17187f17..2e067d59 100644
--- a/src/title_bar.c
+++ b/src/title_bar.c
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static void _title_bar_draw_status(void);
 void
 create_title_bar(void)
 {
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
 
     title_bar = newwin(1, cols, 0, 0);
     wbkgd(title_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DEF);
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@ title_bar_title(void)
 void
 title_bar_resize(void)
 {
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
 
     wresize(title_bar, 1, cols);
     wbkgd(title_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DEF);
@@ -173,8 +171,7 @@ title_bar_draw(void)
 static void
 _title_bar_draw_status(void)
 {
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int cols = getmaxx(stdscr);
 
     wattron(title_bar, COLOUR_BAR_DRAW);
     mvwaddch(title_bar, 0, cols - 14, '[');
diff --git a/src/windows.c b/src/windows.c
index e4bed428..a57bf3f7 100644
--- a/src/windows.c
+++ b/src/windows.c
@@ -619,12 +619,10 @@ win_handle_special_keys(const int * const ch)
 void
 win_page_off(void)
 {
-    int rows, cols;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
+    int rows = getmaxy(stdscr);
     _wins[_curr_prof_win].paged = 0;
     
-    int y, x;
-    getyx(_wins[_curr_prof_win].win, y, x);
+    int y = getcury(_wins[_curr_prof_win].win);
 
     int size = rows - 3;
 
@@ -947,9 +945,8 @@ _win_handle_switch(const int * const ch)
 static void
 _win_handle_page(const int * const ch)
 {
-    int rows, cols, y, x;
-    getmaxyx(stdscr, rows, cols);
-    getyx(_wins[_curr_prof_win].win, y, x);
+    int rows = getmaxy(stdscr);
+    int y = getcury(_wins[_curr_prof_win].win);
 
     int page_space = rows - 4;
     int *page_start = &_wins[_curr_prof_win].y_pos;