diff --git a/liblll/Parser.cpp b/liblll/Parser.cpp
index de0a5428a..98583f332 100644
--- a/liblll/Parser.cpp
+++ b/liblll/Parser.cpp
@@ -87,9 +87,16 @@ void eth::parseTreeLLL(string const& _s, sp::utree& o_out)
 	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree::list_type()> sload = qi::lit("@@") > element;
 	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree::list_type()> mstore = '[' > element > ']' > -qi::lit(":") > element;
 	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree::list_type()> sstore = qi::lit("[[") > element > qi::lit("]]") > -qi::lit(":") > element;
-	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree()> extra = sload[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 2)] | mload[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 1)] | sstore[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 4)] | mstore[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 3)] | seq[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 5)];
 	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree::list_type()> list = '(' > *element > ')';
+
+	// todo: fix compound compile errors in this line for Visual Studio 2013
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+	qi::rule<it, qi::ascii::space_type, sp::utree()> extra = sload[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 2)] | mload[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 1)] | sstore[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 4)] | mstore[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 3)] | seq[qi::_val = qi::_1, bind(&sp::utree::tag, qi::_val, 5)];
 	element = atom | list | extra;
+#else
+	element = atom | list/* | extra*/;
+#endif
+	
 
 	string s;
 	s.reserve(_s.size());
diff --git a/neth/main.cpp b/neth/main.cpp
index 5a099ebf2..58e3e9508 100644
--- a/neth/main.cpp
+++ b/neth/main.cpp
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ vector<string> form_dialog(vector<string> _sv, vector<string> _lv, vector<string
 	int _lfields = _lv.size();
 	int _bfields = _bv.size();
 	int maxfields = _sfields + _lfields + _bfields;
-	FIELD *field[maxfields];
+	vector<FIELD*> field(maxfields);
 
 	int ch;
 	int starty = 6;
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ vector<string> form_dialog(vector<string> _sv, vector<string> _lv, vector<string
 	field[maxfields] = NULL;
 
 	// Create the form and post it
-	FORM *form = new_form(field);
+	FORM *form = new_form(field.data());
 
 	// Calculate the area required for the form
 	scale_form(form, &_rows, &_cols);