diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 75a628c..f83d5c3 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ void App::showAdminStarts() {
 }
 
 Wt::WContainerWidget* App::createSmileyButton(Wt::WHBoxLayout* inputLayout, Wt::WLineEdit* inputLine, std::shared_ptr<int> cursorPosition) {
-    auto smileyButton = inputLayout->addNew<Wt::WContainerWidget>();
+    auto smileyButton = inputLayout->addWidget(std::make_unique<Wt::WContainerWidget>());
     smileyButton->addNew<Wt::WImage>(Wt::WLink("/smileys.png"));
     smileyButton->setStyleClass("no-style");
     smileyButton->setToolTip("Add a smiley");
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ Wt::WContainerWidget* App::createSmileyBar(Wt::WContainerWidget* parent, Wt::WLi
 }
 
 Wt::WPushButton* App::createSendButton(Wt::WHBoxLayout* inputLayout, Wt::WLineEdit* inputLine) {
-    auto sendButton = inputLayout->addNew<Wt::WPushButton>("Send");
+    auto sendButton = inputLayout->addWidget(std::make_unique<Wt::WPushButton>("Send"));
     auto sendMessageFunction = [=, this]() {
         sendMessage(inputLine);
     };
@@ -1420,9 +1420,9 @@ void App::showPartnerSites() {
     contentContainer_->setOverflow(Wt::Overflow::Auto);
     auto linkContainer = contentContainer_->addNew<Wt::WContainerWidget>();
     auto contentLayout = linkContainer->setLayout(std::make_unique<Wt::WVBoxLayout>());
-    contentLayout->addNew<Wt::WText>("<h1>Partners</h1>");
+    contentLayout->addWidget(std::make_unique<Wt::WText>("<h1>Partners</h1>"));
     if (userName == "") {
-        auto hpLink = contentLayout->addNew<Wt::WText>("Back to main page");
+        auto hpLink = contentLayout->addWidget(std::make_unique<Wt::WText>("Back to main page"));
         hpLink->clicked().connect(this, &App::showLogin);
     }
     rapidcsv::Document doc("../docroot/links.csv");
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ void App::showPartnerSites() {
         auto name = doc.GetCell<std::string>(0, i);
         auto link = Wt::WLink(url);
         link.setTarget(Wt::LinkTarget::NewWindow);
-        contentLayout->addNew<Wt::WAnchor>(link, name);
+        contentLayout->addWidget(std::make_unique<Wt::WAnchor>(link, name));
     }
 }