diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f970f44584780839c1d6a84217e4def69afc549e..63158fe19187df4e4eba7603b28ecb729249e32d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "exa"
 version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ansi_term 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bitflags 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "datetime 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e0fd8a46e20aaed2d3ac6f1dd372e9d4f479e77..371e8795f4f73696972bca298587b5c2b479ef3f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [ "ogham@bsago.me" ]
 name = "exa"
 
 [dependencies]
-ansi_term = "0.5.0"
+ansi_term = "0.7.0"
 bitflags = "0.1"
 datetime = "0.4.1"
 getopts = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/src/output/grid.rs b/src/output/grid.rs
index 0fd0af407fe72b43991a84713e0e1d5c1a245f85..13d2f8dae8b5a383ba7750b30f04f2615c9cfc46 100644
--- a/src/output/grid.rs
+++ b/src/output/grid.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl Grid {
 
         for file in files.iter() {
             grid.add(grid::Cell {
-                contents:  file_colour(&self.colours, file).paint(&file.name).to_string(),
+                contents:  file_colour(&self.colours, file).paint(&*file.name).to_string(),
                 width:     file.file_name_width(),
             });
         }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Grid {
         else {
             // File names too long for a grid - drop down to just listing them!
             for file in files.iter() {
-                println!("{}", file_colour(&self.colours, file).paint(&file.name));
+                println!("{}", file_colour(&self.colours, file).paint(&*file.name));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/output/mod.rs b/src/output/mod.rs
index 42058521ef92764947610c410e332754f57ff4f5..5a3fb31b51d0347b6c310493ca18f8d680e51b84 100644
--- a/src/output/mod.rs
+++ b/src/output/mod.rs
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ pub fn filename(file: &File, colours: &Colours, links: bool) -> String {
     }
     else {
         let style = file_colour(colours, file);
-        style.paint(&file.name).to_string()
+        style.paint(&*file.name).to_string()
     }
 }
 
 fn symlink_filename(file: &File, colours: &Colours) -> String {
     match file.link_target() {
         Ok(target) => format!("{} {} {}",
-                              file_colour(colours, file).paint(&file.name),
+                              file_colour(colours, file).paint(&*file.name),
                               colours.punctuation.paint("->"),
-                              ANSIStrings(&[ colours.symlink_path.paint(&target.path_prefix()),
-                                             file_colour(colours, &target).paint(&target.name) ])),
+                              ANSIStrings(&[ colours.symlink_path.paint(target.path_prefix()),
+                                             file_colour(colours, &target).paint(target.name) ])),
 
         Err(filename) => format!("{} {} {}",
-                                 file_colour(colours, file).paint(&file.name),
+                                 file_colour(colours, file).paint(&*file.name),
                                  colours.broken_arrow.paint("->"),
-                                 colours.broken_filename.paint(&filename)),
+                                 colours.broken_filename.paint(filename)),
     }
 }