diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6749cfe0..683201fd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ os:
   - windows
 
 rust:
+  - 1.31.0
   - stable
-  - beta
   - nightly
 
 matrix:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bddadd9c..c4cb8793 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added ScrollLineUp and ScrollLineDown actions for scrolling line by line
 
+### Changed
+
+- Alacritty now has a fixed minimum supported Rust version of 1.31.0
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Reset scrolling region when the RIS escape sequence is received
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bb5010a4..e2d25882 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Table of Contents:
 
 1. [Feature Requests](#feature-requests)
 2. [Bug Reports](#bug-reports)
-3. [Pull Requests](#patches--pull-requests)
+3. [Patches / Pull Requests](#patches--pull-requests)
     1. [Testing](#testing)
     2. [Performance](#performance)
     3. [Documentation](#documentation)
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ All patches have to be sent on Github as [pull requests](https://github.com/jwil
 
 If you are looking for a place to start contributing to Alacritty, take a look at the [help wanted](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) and [easy](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22D+-+easy%22) issues.
 
+Please note that the minimum supported version of Alacritty is Rust 1.31.0. All patches are expected to work with the minimum supported version.
+
 ### Testing
 
 To make sure no regressions were introduced, all tests should be run before sending a pull request. The following command can be run to test Alacritty:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea14f437..ac258b2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "font 0.1.0",
  "gl_generator 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "glutin 0.21.0-rc1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "glutin 0.21.0-rc2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "image 0.21.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ name = "backtrace-sys"
 version = "0.1.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -262,13 +262,13 @@ name = "bzip2-sys"
 version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.34"
+version = "1.0.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "rayon 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ name = "cmake"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "downcast-rs"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.19.7"
+version = "0.19.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "euclid_macros 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ dependencies = [
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  "core-graphics 0.17.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "core-text 13.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "euclid 0.19.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "euclid 0.19.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "font-loader 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "foreign-types 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "foreign-types 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "freetype-rs 0.19.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-macros 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "foreign-types-shared 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-macros"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "quote 0.6.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.30 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types-shared"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.19.1"
@@ -937,7 +913,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.21.0-rc1"
+version = "0.21.0-rc2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "android_glue 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1209,7 +1185,7 @@ name = "libloading"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -1218,7 +1194,7 @@ name = "libz-sys"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vcpkg 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1331,7 +1307,7 @@ name = "miniz_oxide_c_api"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crc 1.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "miniz_oxide 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1420,10 +1396,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1459,7 +1436,7 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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@@ -1874,7 +1851,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.1.53"
+version = "0.1.54"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1882,7 +1859,7 @@ name = "redox_termios"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1893,7 +1870,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand_os 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2199,7 +2176,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2265,7 +2242,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "remove_dir_all 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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@@ -2295,7 +2272,7 @@ version = "1.5.1"
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 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "redox_termios 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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 dependencies = [
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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@@ -2609,7 +2586,7 @@ version = "0.21.12"
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 dependencies = [
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- "downcast-rs 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "downcast-rs 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "nix 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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  "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "named_pipe 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "named_pipe 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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  "winpty-sys 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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 dependencies = [
  "bindgen 0.33.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2862,7 +2839,7 @@ dependencies = [
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-"checksum cc 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "30f813bf45048a18eda9190fd3c6b78644146056740c43172a5a3699118588fd"
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@@ -2907,7 +2884,7 @@ dependencies = [
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@@ -2917,10 +2894,7 @@ dependencies = [
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-"checksum foreign-types 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3684708dacd3b83f4bbe6506d4ccb08bed3c16f521d34366f131b9ecd1884431"
-"checksum foreign-types-macros 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "66626064d64b429efe601d7aabd7b0a9721b2611548ca684e78c4ecde48bd29b"
 "checksum foreign-types-shared 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-"checksum foreign-types-shared 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c61f9b85573bf0f203eed3633f5018abce85250886a62ca073e0eee022ed564d"
 "checksum freetype-rs 0.19.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "28cc92a7040ee7b631e4279e263f9a83aedc1eb6085c68d8ca4d072b5644e705"
 "checksum freetype-sys 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0f9c8666cce7cf6e51a290623647febfbab92480b4c3e0f495cb9d4d312b5d38"
 "checksum fsevent 0.2.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4bbbf71584aeed076100b5665ac14e3d85eeb31fdbb45fbd41ef9a682b5ec05"
@@ -2936,7 +2910,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum gl_generator 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "39a23d5e872a275135d66895d954269cf5e8661d234eb1c2480f4ce0d586acbd"
 "checksum gleam 0.6.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "39bb69499005e11b7b7cc0af38404a1bc0f53d954bffa8adcdb6e8d5b14f75d5"
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
-"checksum glutin 0.21.0-rc1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "575aa103046461547a41351fdf8705a045b4874d0fb26fadbfa3df50fc796b2f"
+"checksum glutin 0.21.0-rc2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "33c6a1996b9089804fac2ff763c9f98b17e7f4189358a37647131b73a766d306"
 "checksum glutin_egl_sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "55294554b495063a8dc641bffb657e3e6f21f3829a5dfcbdb1a80787dbb9f6ca"
 "checksum glutin_emscripten_sys 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "245b3fdb08df6ffed7585365851f8404af9c7e2dd4b59f15262e968b6a95a0c7"
 "checksum glutin_gles2_sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b33e192f35b6f76ad3efb2ddf2184a1ff17106c42f11269f66151ba3036996a8"
@@ -2987,7 +2961,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum mio-uds 0.6.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "966257a94e196b11bb43aca423754d87429960a768de9414f3691d6957abf125"
 "checksum miow 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8c1f2f3b1cf331de6896aabf6e9d55dca90356cc9960cca7eaaf408a355ae919"
 "checksum miow 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "396aa0f2003d7df8395cb93e09871561ccc3e785f0acb369170e8cc74ddf9226"
-"checksum named_pipe 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ad9c443cce91fc3e12f017290db75dde490d685cdaaf508d7159d7cf41f0eb2b"
+"checksum named_pipe 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8ed10a5ac4f5f7e5d75552b12c1d5d542debca81e573279dd1e4c19fde6efa6d"
 "checksum native-tls 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ff8e08de0070bbf4c31f452ea2a70db092f36f6f2e4d897adf5674477d488fb2"
 "checksum net2 0.2.33 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "42550d9fb7b6684a6d404d9fa7250c2eb2646df731d1c06afc06dcee9e1bcf88"
 "checksum nix 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "46f0f3210768d796e8fa79ec70ee6af172dacbe7147f5e69be5240a47778302b"
@@ -3038,7 +3012,7 @@ dependencies = [
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-"checksum redox_syscall 0.1.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "53848511b7ee6eb9d5c3db48481aaa5779b38fc0131bc133c98cb4f2b2411928"
+"checksum redox_syscall 0.1.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "12229c14a0f65c4f1cb046a3b52047cdd9da1f4b30f8a39c5063c8bae515e252"
 "checksum redox_termios 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7e891cfe48e9100a70a3b6eb652fef28920c117d366339687bd5576160db0f76"
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 "checksum regex 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9329abc99e39129fcceabd24cf5d85b4671ef7c29c50e972bc5afe32438ec384"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26663f6a..d1ad1bc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ clap = "2"
 fnv = "1"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 arraydeque = "0.4"
-glutin = { version = "0.21.0-rc1", features = ["icon_loading"] }
+glutin = { version = "0.21.0-rc2", features = ["icon_loading"] }
 env_logger = "0.6.0"
 base64 = "0.10.0"
 static_assertions = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cb68523..e2eaf7be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ On Windows the config file is located at:
 
 `%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml`
 
+## Contributing
+
+A full guideline about contributing to Alacritty can be found in the
+[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+
 ## Issues (known, unknown, feature requests, etc.)
 
 If you run into a problem with Alacritty, please file an issue. If you've got a
diff --git a/font/Cargo.toml b/font/Cargo.toml
index 429ea5f5..8b471f37 100644
--- a/font/Cargo.toml
+++ b/font/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [dependencies]
 euclid = "0.19.2"
 libc = "0.2"
-foreign-types = "0.4"
+foreign-types = "0.3"
 log = "0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", windows)))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/font/src/darwin/mod.rs b/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
index 44cbdf30..15a97e24 100644
--- a/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
+++ b/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ mod tests {
                             101...150 => '~',
                             151...200 => '*',
                             201...255 => '#',
+                            _ => unreachable!(),
                         };
                         print!("{}", c);
                     }
diff --git a/font/src/ft/fc/char_set.rs b/font/src/ft/fc/char_set.rs
index 9d71fea4..310fa189 100644
--- a/font/src/ft/fc/char_set.rs
+++ b/font/src/ft/fc/char_set.rs
@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-use std::ptr::NonNull;
-
 use foreign_types::ForeignTypeRef;
 
 use super::ffi::FcCharSetCreate;
 use super::ffi::{FcCharSet, FcCharSetAddChar, FcCharSetDestroy};
 
 foreign_type! {
-    pub type CharSet {
-        type CType = FcCharSet;
-        fn drop = FcCharSetDestroy;
-    }
+    type CType = FcCharSet;
+    fn drop = FcCharSetDestroy;
+    pub struct CharSet;
+    pub struct CharSetRef;
 }
 
 impl CharSet {
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ impl CharSet {
 
 impl Default for CharSet {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        CharSet(unsafe { NonNull::new(FcCharSetCreate()).unwrap() })
+        CharSet(unsafe { FcCharSetCreate() })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/font/src/ft/fc/config.rs b/font/src/ft/fc/config.rs
index cc3b5e52..12ec2844 100644
--- a/font/src/ft/fc/config.rs
+++ b/font/src/ft/fc/config.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ use super::ffi::{FcConfig, FcConfigDestroy, FcConfigGetCurrent, FcConfigGetFonts
 use super::{FontSetRef, SetName};
 
 foreign_type! {
-    pub type Config {
-        type CType = FcConfig;
-        fn drop = FcConfigDestroy;
-    }
+    type CType = FcConfig;
+    fn drop = FcConfigDestroy;
+    /// Wraps an FcConfig instance (owned)
+    pub struct Config;
+    /// Wraps an FcConfig reference (borrowed)
+    pub struct ConfigRef;
 }
 
 impl Config {
diff --git a/font/src/ft/fc/font_set.rs b/font/src/ft/fc/font_set.rs
index e280201b..aeb34371 100644
--- a/font/src/ft/fc/font_set.rs
+++ b/font/src/ft/fc/font_set.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
 use foreign_types::{ForeignType, ForeignTypeRef};
 
@@ -21,10 +20,12 @@ use super::{ConfigRef, ObjectSetRef, PatternRef};
 use super::ffi::{FcFontSet, FcFontSetDestroy, FcFontSetList};
 
 foreign_type! {
-    pub type FontSet {
-        type CType = FcFontSet;
-        fn drop = FcFontSetDestroy;
-    }
+    type CType = FcFontSet;
+    fn drop = FcFontSetDestroy;
+    /// Wraps an FcFontSet instance (owned)
+    pub struct FontSet;
+    /// Wraps an FcFontSet reference (borrowed)
+    pub struct FontSetRef;
 }
 
 impl FontSet {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ impl FontSet {
                 objects.as_ptr(),
             )
         };
-        FontSet(NonNull::new(raw).unwrap())
+        FontSet(raw)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/font/src/ft/fc/object_set.rs b/font/src/ft/fc/object_set.rs
index 4ec15feb..2494b582 100644
--- a/font/src/ft/fc/object_set.rs
+++ b/font/src/ft/fc/object_set.rs
@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-use std::ptr::NonNull;
-
 use libc::c_char;
 
 use super::ffi::{FcObjectSet, FcObjectSetAdd, FcObjectSetCreate, FcObjectSetDestroy};
 use foreign_types::ForeignTypeRef;
 
 foreign_type! {
-    pub type ObjectSet {
-        type CType = FcObjectSet;
-        fn drop = FcObjectSetDestroy;
-    }
+    type CType = FcObjectSet;
+    fn drop = FcObjectSetDestroy;
+    pub struct ObjectSet;
+    pub struct ObjectSetRef;
 }
 
 impl ObjectSet {
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ impl ObjectSet {
 
 impl Default for ObjectSet {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        ObjectSet(unsafe { NonNull::new(FcObjectSetCreate()).unwrap() })
+        ObjectSet(unsafe { FcObjectSetCreate() })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/font/src/ft/fc/pattern.rs b/font/src/ft/fc/pattern.rs
index b6eceed8..84187aa3 100644
--- a/font/src/ft/fc/pattern.rs
+++ b/font/src/ft/fc/pattern.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::mem;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::ptr::{self, NonNull};
+use std::ptr;
 use std::str;
 
 use foreign_types::{ForeignType, ForeignTypeRef};
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ impl_derived_property_iter! {
 }
 
 foreign_type! {
-    pub type Pattern {
-        type CType = FcPattern;
-        fn drop = FcPatternDestroy;
-    }
+    type CType = FcPattern;
+    fn drop = FcPatternDestroy;
+    pub struct Pattern;
+    pub struct PatternRef;
 }
 
 macro_rules! string_accessor {
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ impl Pattern {
 
 impl Default for Pattern {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Pattern(unsafe { NonNull::new(FcPatternCreate()).unwrap() })
+        Pattern(unsafe { FcPatternCreate() })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 6089ac2d..db108053 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+use ::log;
 use clap::{crate_authors, crate_description, crate_name, crate_version, App, Arg};
-use log;
 
 use crate::config::{Delta, Dimensions, Shell};
 use crate::index::{Column, Line};
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index 03b04e41..224eb7c3 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use glutin::os::unix::EventsLoopExt;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use glutin::Icon;
 use glutin::{
-    self, ContextBuilder, ControlFlow, Event, EventsLoop, MouseCursor, PossiblyCurrentContext,
+    self, ContextBuilder, ControlFlow, Event, EventsLoop, MouseCursor, PossiblyCurrent,
     WindowBuilder,
 };
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 /// Wraps the underlying windowing library to provide a stable API in Alacritty
 pub struct Window {
     event_loop: EventsLoop,
-    windowed_context: glutin::WindowedContext<PossiblyCurrentContext>,
+    windowed_context: glutin::WindowedContext<PossiblyCurrent>,
     mouse_visible: bool,
 
     /// Whether or not the window is the focused window.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ fn create_gl_window(
     window: WindowBuilder,
     event_loop: &EventsLoop,
     srgb: bool,
-) -> Result<glutin::WindowedContext<PossiblyCurrentContext>> {
+) -> Result<glutin::WindowedContext<PossiblyCurrent>> {
     let windowed_context = ContextBuilder::new()
         .with_srgb(srgb)
         .with_vsync(true)
diff --git a/winpty/Cargo.toml b/winpty/Cargo.toml
index 665ff0f1..1d1529b2 100644
--- a/winpty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/winpty/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ bitflags = "1.0"
 widestring = "0.4.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies]
-named_pipe = "0.4"
+named_pipe = "0.3"
 winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["winnt", "processthreadsapi"] }