diff --git a/libraries/app/api.cpp b/libraries/app/api.cpp
index 8832ac9d..a80c4726 100644
--- a/libraries/app/api.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/api.cpp
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ namespace graphene { namespace app {
     {
        _app.chain_database()->check_tansaction_for_duplicated_operations(trx);
         
-       fc::promise<fc::variant>::ptr prom( new fc::promise<fc::variant>() );
-       broadcast_transaction_with_callback( [=]( const fc::variant& v ){
+       fc::promise<fc::variant>::ptr prom = fc::promise<fc::variant>::create();
+       broadcast_transaction_with_callback( [prom]( const fc::variant& v ){
         prom->set_value(v);
        }, trx );
 
diff --git a/libraries/net/node.cpp b/libraries/net/node.cpp
index 9923fa8f..c15b0e08 100644
--- a/libraries/net/node.cpp
+++ b/libraries/net/node.cpp
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ namespace graphene { namespace net { namespace detail {
 #if 0
           try
           {
-            _retrigger_connect_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::ptr( new fc::promise<void>("graphene::net::retrigger_connect_loop") );
+            _retrigger_connect_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::create("graphene::net::retrigger_connect_loop");
             if( is_wanting_new_connections() || !_add_once_node_list.empty() )
             {
               if( is_wanting_new_connections() )
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ namespace graphene { namespace net { namespace detail {
         if( !_sync_items_to_fetch_updated )
         {
           dlog( "no sync items to fetch right now, going to sleep" );
-          _retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::ptr( new fc::promise<void>("graphene::net::retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop") );
+          _retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::create("graphene::net::retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop");
           _retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop_promise->wait();
           _retrigger_fetch_sync_items_loop_promise.reset();
         }
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ namespace graphene { namespace net { namespace detail {
 
         if (!_items_to_fetch_updated)
         {
-          _retrigger_fetch_item_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::ptr(new fc::promise<void>("graphene::net::retrigger_fetch_item_loop"));
+          _retrigger_fetch_item_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::create("graphene::net::retrigger_fetch_item_loop");
           fc::microseconds time_until_retrigger = fc::microseconds::maximum();
           if (next_peer_unblocked_time != fc::time_point::maximum())
             time_until_retrigger = next_peer_unblocked_time - fc::time_point::now();
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ namespace graphene { namespace net { namespace detail {
 
         if (_new_inventory.empty())
         {
-          _retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::ptr(new fc::promise<void>("graphene::net::retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop"));
+          _retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop_promise = fc::promise<void>::create("graphene::net::retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop");
           _retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop_promise->wait();
           _retrigger_advertise_inventory_loop_promise.reset();
         }
diff --git a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
index 3fd1051b..98c68835 100644
--- a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
       }
       else
       {
-        fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = new fc::promise<int>("UNIX Signal Handler");
+        fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = fc::promise<int>::create("UNIX Signal Handler");
         fc::set_signal_handler([&exit_promise](int signal) {
            exit_promise->set_value(signal);
         }, SIGINT);
diff --git a/programs/delayed_node/main.cpp b/programs/delayed_node/main.cpp
index 112b7dee..23f9b08b 100644
--- a/programs/delayed_node/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/delayed_node/main.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       node.startup();
       node.startup_plugins();
 
-      fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = new fc::promise<int>("UNIX Signal Handler");
+      fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = fc::promise<int>::create("UNIX Signal Handler");
       fc::set_signal_handler([&exit_promise](int signal) {
          exit_promise->set_value(signal);
       }, SIGINT);
diff --git a/programs/size_checker/main.cpp b/programs/size_checker/main.cpp
index 188e88e4..3015e1cd 100644
--- a/programs/size_checker/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/size_checker/main.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <fc/io/json.hpp>
+#include <fc/io/raw.hpp>
 #include <fc/variant.hpp>
 #include <fc/variant_object.hpp>
 
diff --git a/programs/witness_node/main.cpp b/programs/witness_node/main.cpp
index 4d49d96f..f62119d2 100644
--- a/programs/witness_node/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/witness_node/main.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       node->startup();
       node->startup_plugins();
 
-      fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = new fc::promise<int>("UNIX Signal Handler");
+      fc::promise<int>::ptr exit_promise = fc::promise<int>::create("UNIX Signal Handler");
 
       fc::set_signal_handler([&exit_promise](int signal) {
          elog( "Caught SIGINT attempting to exit cleanly" );