diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 2e53016..6bcb9b3 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Config::Config(string profile_name)
     const fs::path filename = get_filename();
     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Config filename is: " << filename;
 
-    ifstream file{filename.c_str()};
+    ifstream file(filename.c_str());
     if (file.good())
     {
         stringstream rawjson;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void Config::write()
     }
     _json[profile]["add_hashtags"] = profiledata.add_hashtags;
 
-    ofstream file{get_filename().c_str()};
+    ofstream file(get_filename().c_str());
     if (file.good())
     {
         file << _json.toStyledString();
diff --git a/src/document.cpp b/src/document.cpp
index 14cf788..02ef43e 100644
--- a/src/document.cpp
+++ b/src/document.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void Document::parse_watchwords()
 {
     Json::Value json;
     const auto filepath = _cfg.get_config_dir() /= "watchwords.json";
-    ifstream file{filepath};
+    ifstream file(filepath);
     if (file.good())
     {
         stringstream rawjson;