--- a/libdbx.c
+++ b/libdbx.c
@@ -485,11 +485,11 @@
 	    switch (blockp.type) {
 	    case 0x01: //pointer to flag
 	    	email->flag = 0;
-	    	((int*)bufx) = &(email->flag);
+	    	bufx = (char **)&(email->flag);
 	    	readtype = CHAR_TYPE;
 	    	break;
 	    case 0x04: //pointer to dataptr
-	      ((int*)bufx) = &(email->data_offset);
+	      bufx = (char **)&(email->data_offset);
 	      readtype = INT_TYPE;
 	      break;
 	    case 0x05: //asciiz string of subject (without RE: or FWD: etc...)
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 	      readtype = STRING_TYPE;
 	      break;
 	    case 0x12: //date - of what i'm not sure. It is in a win32 FILETIME structure. needs converting to something
-				((struct FILETIME*)bufx) = &(email->date);
+				bufx = (char **)&(email->date);
 				readtype = W32FT_TYPE;
 				break;
 	    case 0x13: //recipient's name
--- a/readdbx.c
+++ b/readdbx.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "libdbx.h"
 #include "common.h"