diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48f44f3a..fb813977 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nheko
 The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for [Matrix] that
 feels more like a mainstream chat app ([Riot], Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.
 
-### Features
+## Features
 
 Most of the features you would expect from a chat application are missing right now
 but we are getting close to a more feature complete client.
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ Specifically there is support for:
 - Room switcher (ctrl-K).
 - Light, Dark & System themes.
 
-### Installation
+## Installation
 
-There are continuous nightly releases [here](https://github.com/mujx/nheko/releases/tag/nightly)
-for Linux ([AppImage](https://appimage.org/), rpm, deb), Mac and Windows.
+### Nightly releases
+- Linux [AppImage](https://github.com/mujx/nheko/releases/download/nightly/nheko-x86_64.AppImage)
+- Windows [x64 installer](https://github.com/mujx/nheko/releases/download/nightly/nheko-installer.exe)
+- macOS [disk image](https://github.com/mujx/nheko/releases/download/nightly/nheko.dmg)
+
+### Repositories
 
 #### Arch Linux
 ```bash
@@ -66,9 +70,10 @@ sudo apk add nheko
   Freetype, which is essential to properly support emoji.
 - CMake 3.1 or greater.
 - [LMDB](https://symas.com/lightning-memory-mapped-database/).
-- A compiler that supports C++11.
-    - Clang 3.8 (or greater).
-    - GCC 7 (or greater).
+- A compiler that supports C++ 14:
+    - Clang 5 (tested on Travis CI)
+    - GCC 7 (tested on Travis CI)
+    - MSVC 19.13 (tested on AppVeyor)
 
 #### Linux 
 
@@ -98,19 +103,11 @@ sudo emerge -a ">=dev-qt/qtgui-5.7.1" media-libs/fontconfig
 ```bash
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt592-trusty
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y qt59base qt59tools qt59multimedia cmake liblmdb-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y g++-7 qt59base qt59tools qt59multimedia cmake liblmdb-dev
 ```
 
-To build on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty out-of-the-box requires using Clang 3.6 instead of GCC:
-
-```bash
-sudo apt-get install clang-3.6
-export CC=clang-3.6 CXX=clang++-3.6
-```
-
-On Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, it's possible to use GCC 4.9.4+, but it is not recommended, because it requires installing GCC packages from third-party PPAs.  Later versions of Ubuntu that come with GCC 4.9.4+ should work with GCC out-of-the-box.
-
 ##### macOS (Xcode 8 or later)
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c34d9510..dc043b73 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,21 +2,18 @@
 
 version: 0.3.1-{build}
 
-environment:
-    global:
-        MSYSTEM: "MINGW64"
-
+configuration: Release
+image: Visual Studio 2017
 platform: x64
 
-configuration:
-    - Release
-
 build:
     verbosity: minimal
 
 install:
-    - set QT_DIR=C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2015_64
+    - set QT_DIR=C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2017_64
     - set PATH=%PATH%;%QT_DIR%\bin;C:\MinGW\bin
+    - call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+    - vcpkg install lmdb:%PLATFORM%-windows
 
 build_script:
     # VERSION format:     branch-master/branch-1.2
@@ -36,7 +33,9 @@ build_script:
     - echo %VERSION%
     - echo %INSTVERSION%
     - echo %DATE%
-    - cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -H. -Bbuild -DAPPVEYOR_BUILD=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    - cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -H. -Bbuild
+      -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/Tools/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     - cmake --build build --config Release
 
 after_build:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ after_build:
     - echo %BUILD%
     - mkdir NhekoRelease
     - copy build\Release\nheko.exe NhekoRelease\nheko.exe
-    - windeployqt --qmldir C:\Qt\5.10.1\msvc2015_64\qml\ --release NhekoRelease\nheko.exe
+    - windeployqt --qmldir %QT_DIR%\qml\ --release NhekoRelease\nheko.exe
     - copy C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\ssleay32.dll .\NhekoRelease\ssleay32.dll
     - copy C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\libeay32.dll .\NhekoRelease\libeay32.dll
     - copy C:\OpenSSL-Win64\lib\libeay32.lib .\NhekoRelease\libeay32.lib
diff --git a/src/ChatPage.cc b/src/ChatPage.cc
index 110b8131..58a6fb4b 100644
--- a/src/ChatPage.cc
+++ b/src/ChatPage.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDebug>
-#include <QFuture>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 
@@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ ChatPage::syncCompleted(const mtx::responses::Sync &response)
 {
         syncTimeoutTimer_->stop();
 
-        auto promise = QtConcurrent::run([this, res = std::move(response)]() {
+        QtConcurrent::run([this, res = std::move(response)]() {
                 try {
                         cache_->saveState(res);
                         emit syncUI(res.rooms);
diff --git a/src/Utils.cc b/src/Utils.cc
index 1c053d38..fd88d51c 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cc
+++ b/src/Utils.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#include "Cache.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
 
+#include "Cache.h"
+
 #include <variant.hpp>
 
 using TimelineEvent = mtx::events::collections::TimelineEvents;