diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ccd387..db8144d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EMERALD defines two kinds of sequences: the singular `representative sequence` a
 ### Command line options
 ##### The basic options are the following
 - ```-f, --file {FILE}``` Path to input FASTA file, **mandatory argument**.
--  ```-o, -output {FILE}``` Path to output file, **mandatory argument**.
+-  ```-o, -output {FILE}``` Path to output file, **mandatory argument**. **Note**: EMERALD does not erase the content of the output file but only appends to the existing file.
 - ```-a, --alpha {value}``` $\alpha$ value for safety, $0.5 < \alpha \leq 1$, by default: 0.75. The safety windows will be partial alignments contained in an $\alpha$ proportion of all alignments. If $\alpha$ is chosen outside this range, a warning will be displayed. EMERALD will keep running but it can crash.
 - ```-d, --delta {value}``` $\Delta$ value for the size of the suboptimal space, any positive integer, by default: 0. If $\Delta$ is larger, more alignments will be considered suboptimal, which will decrease the number and lengths of the safety windows.
 - ```-i, --threads {value}``` How many threads to use. By default 1 thread is used.
diff --git a/src/alpha_safe_paths.cpp b/src/alpha_safe_paths.cpp
index 3678737..d5e42bc 100644
--- a/src/alpha_safe_paths.cpp
+++ b/src/alpha_safe_paths.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <iostream>
+#include <functional>
 #include <vector>
 #include <set>
 #include <stack>
diff --git a/src/optimal_paths.cpp b/src/optimal_paths.cpp
index bf7bd25..228285b 100644
--- a/src/optimal_paths.cpp
+++ b/src/optimal_paths.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ std::vector<std::vector<int64_t>> alignments_into_fasta(int64_t number_of_paths,
 	fasta_stream.open(fasta_file, std::ofstream::app);
 	std::cout << "Print alignments: created file ./" << fasta_file << std::endl;
 	int64_t al_idx = 0;
-	std::function<void(std::string, int64_t)> print_alignment = [&](std::string s, int64_t c) {
+	auto print_alignment = [&](std::string s, int64_t c) {
 		fasta_stream << s << '\n';
 	};