diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 3025dfd..0244009 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ typedef int cjbool;
 #define true ((cjbool)1)
 #define false ((cjbool)0)
 
-static const char *global_ep = NULL;
+static const unsigned char *global_ep = NULL;
 
 const char *cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 {
-    return global_ep;
+    return (const char*) global_ep;
 }
 
 extern const char* cJSON_Version(void)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ extern const char* cJSON_Version(void)
 }
 
 /* case insensitive strcmp */
-static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const unsigned char *s1, const unsigned char *s2)
 {
     if (!s1)
     {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
     {
         return 1;
     }
-    for(; tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) == tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2); ++s1, ++s2)
+    for(; tolower(*s1) == tolower(*s2); ++s1, ++s2)
     {
         if (*s1 == '\0')
         {
@@ -85,24 +85,24 @@ static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
         }
     }
 
-    return tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) - tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2);
+    return tolower(*s1) - tolower(*s2);
 }
 
 static void *(*cJSON_malloc)(size_t sz) = malloc;
 static void (*cJSON_free)(void *ptr) = free;
 
-static char* cJSON_strdup(const char* str)
+static unsigned char* cJSON_strdup(const unsigned char* str)
 {
     size_t len = 0;
-    char *copy = NULL;
+    unsigned char *copy = NULL;
 
     if (str == NULL)
     {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    len = strlen(str) + 1;
-    if (!(copy = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len)))
+    len = strlen((const char*)str) + 1;
+    if (!(copy = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len)))
     {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void cJSON_Delete(cJSON *c)
 }
 
 /* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
-static const char *parse_number(cJSON *item, const char *num)
+static const unsigned char *parse_number(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *num)
 {
     double n = 0;
     double sign = 1;
@@ -254,16 +254,16 @@ static int pow2gt (int x)
 
 typedef struct
 {
-    char *buffer;
+    unsigned char *buffer;
     int length;
     int offset;
     cjbool noalloc;
 } printbuffer;
 
 /* realloc printbuffer if necessary to have at least "needed" bytes more */
-static char* ensure(printbuffer *p, int needed)
+static unsigned char* ensure(printbuffer *p, int needed)
 {
-    char *newbuffer = NULL;
+    unsigned char *newbuffer = NULL;
     int newsize = 0;
     if (!p || !p->buffer)
     {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static char* ensure(printbuffer *p, int needed)
     }
 
     newsize = pow2gt(needed);
-    newbuffer = (char*)cJSON_malloc(newsize);
+    newbuffer = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(newsize);
     if (!newbuffer)
     {
         cJSON_free(p->buffer);
@@ -303,20 +303,20 @@ static char* ensure(printbuffer *p, int needed)
 /* calculate the new length of the string in a printbuffer */
 static int update(const printbuffer *p)
 {
-    char *str = NULL;
+    unsigned char *str = NULL;
     if (!p || !p->buffer)
     {
         return 0;
     }
     str = p->buffer + p->offset;
 
-    return p->offset + strlen(str);
+    return p->offset + strlen((char*)str);
 }
 
 /* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
-static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    char *str = NULL;
+    unsigned char *str = NULL;
     double d = item->valuedouble;
     /* special case for 0. */
     if (d == 0)
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
         }
         else
         {
-            str = (char*)cJSON_malloc(2);
+            str = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(2);
         }
         if (str)
         {
-            strcpy(str,"0");
+            strcpy((char*)str,"0");
         }
     }
     /* value is an int */
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@ static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
         else
         {
             /* 2^64+1 can be represented in 21 chars. */
-            str = (char*)cJSON_malloc(21);
+            str = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(21);
         }
         if (str)
         {
-            sprintf(str, "%d", item->valueint);
+            sprintf((char*)str, "%d", item->valueint);
         }
     }
     /* value is a floating point number */
@@ -362,26 +362,26 @@ static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
         else
         {
             /* This is a nice tradeoff. */
-            str=(char*)cJSON_malloc(64);
+            str = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(64);
         }
         if (str)
         {
             /* This checks for NaN and Infinity */
             if ((d * 0) != 0)
             {
-                sprintf(str, "null");
+                sprintf((char*)str, "null");
             }
             else if ((fabs(floor(d) - d) <= DBL_EPSILON) && (fabs(d) < 1.0e60))
             {
-                sprintf(str, "%.0f", d);
+                sprintf((char*)str, "%.0f", d);
             }
             else if ((fabs(d) < 1.0e-6) || (fabs(d) > 1.0e9))
             {
-                sprintf(str, "%e", d);
+                sprintf((char*)str, "%e", d);
             }
             else
             {
-                sprintf(str, "%f", d);
+                sprintf((char*)str, "%f", d);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
 }
 
 /* parse 4 digit hexadecimal number */
-static unsigned parse_hex4(const char *str)
+static unsigned parse_hex4(const unsigned char *str)
 {
     unsigned h = 0;
     /* first digit */
@@ -487,12 +487,12 @@ static const unsigned char firstByteMark[7] =
 };
 
 /* Parse the input text into an unescaped cstring, and populate item. */
-static const char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const char *str, const char **ep)
+static const unsigned char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *str, const unsigned char **ep)
 {
-    const char *ptr = str + 1;
-    const char *end_ptr =str + 1;
-    char *ptr2 = NULL;
-    char *out = NULL;
+    const unsigned char *ptr = str + 1;
+    const unsigned char *end_ptr =str + 1;
+    unsigned char *ptr2 = NULL;
+    unsigned char *out = NULL;
     int len = 0;
     unsigned uc = 0;
     unsigned uc2 = 0;
@@ -520,12 +520,12 @@ static const char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const char *str, const char **ep)
     }
 
     /* This is at most how long we need for the string, roughly. */
-    out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 1);
+    out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 1);
     if (!out)
     {
         return NULL;
     }
-    item->valuestring = out; /* assign here so out will be deleted during cJSON_Delete() later */
+    item->valuestring = (char*)out; /* assign here so out will be deleted during cJSON_Delete() later */
     item->type = cJSON_String;
 
     ptr = str + 1;
@@ -668,11 +668,11 @@ static const char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const char *str, const char **ep)
 }
 
 /* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
-static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_string_ptr(const unsigned char *str, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    const char *ptr = NULL;
-    char *ptr2 = NULL;
-    char *out = NULL;
+    const unsigned char *ptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *ptr2 = NULL;
+    unsigned char *out = NULL;
     int len = 0;
     cjbool flag = false;
     unsigned char token = '\0';
@@ -686,13 +686,13 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
         }
         else
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
         }
         if (!out)
         {
             return NULL;
         }
-        strcpy(out, "\"\"");
+        strcpy((char*)out, "\"\"");
 
         return out;
     }
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
         }
         else
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
         }
         if (!out)
         {
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
 
         ptr2 = out;
         *ptr2++ = '\"';
-        strcpy(ptr2, str);
+        strcpy((char*)ptr2, (const char*)str);
         ptr2[len] = '\"';
         ptr2[len + 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
     }
     else
     {
-        out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
+        out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
     }
     if (!out)
     {
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
     /* copy the string */
     while (*ptr)
     {
-        if (((unsigned char)*ptr > 31) && (*ptr != '\"') && (*ptr != '\\'))
+        if ((*ptr > 31) && (*ptr != '\"') && (*ptr != '\\'))
         {
             /* normal character, copy */
             *ptr2++ = *ptr++;
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
                     break;
                 default:
                     /* escape and print as unicode codepoint */
-                    sprintf(ptr2, "u%04x", token);
+                    sprintf((char*)ptr2, "u%04x", token);
                     ptr2 += 5;
                     break;
             }
@@ -814,23 +814,23 @@ static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
 }
 
 /* Invoke print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
-static char *print_string(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_string(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    return print_string_ptr(item->valuestring, p);
+    return print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)item->valuestring, p);
 }
 
 /* Predeclare these prototypes. */
-static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
-static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
-static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
-static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
-static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
-static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
+static const unsigned char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep);
+static unsigned char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
+static const unsigned char *parse_array(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep);
+static unsigned char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
+static const unsigned char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep);
+static unsigned char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
 
 /* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
-static const char *skip(const char *in)
+static const unsigned char *skip(const unsigned char *in)
 {
-    while (in && *in && ((unsigned char)*in<=32))
+    while (in && *in && (*in <= 32))
     {
         in++;
     }
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ static const char *skip(const char *in)
 /* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
 cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cjbool require_null_terminated)
 {
-    const char *end = NULL;
+    const unsigned char *end = NULL;
     /* use global error pointer if no specific one was given */
-    const char **ep = return_parse_end ? return_parse_end : &global_ep;
+    const unsigned char **ep = return_parse_end ? (const unsigned char**)return_parse_end : &global_ep;
     cJSON *c = cJSON_New_Item();
     *ep = NULL;
     if (!c) /* memory fail */
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cjb
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    end = parse_value(c, skip(value), ep);
+    end = parse_value(c, skip((const unsigned char*)value), ep);
     if (!end)
     {
         /* parse failure. ep is set. */
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cjb
     }
     if (return_parse_end)
     {
-        *return_parse_end = end;
+        *return_parse_end = (const char*)end;
     }
 
     return c;
@@ -887,18 +887,18 @@ cJSON *cJSON_Parse(const char *value)
 /* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
 char *cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item)
 {
-    return print_value(item, 0, 1, 0);
+    return (char*)print_value(item, 0, 1, 0);
 }
 
 char *cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item)
 {
-    return print_value(item, 0, 0, 0);
+    return (char*)print_value(item, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
 char *cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cjbool fmt)
 {
     printbuffer p;
-    p.buffer = (char*)cJSON_malloc(prebuffer);
+    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(prebuffer);
     if (!p.buffer)
     {
         return NULL;
@@ -907,13 +907,13 @@ char *cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cjbool fmt)
     p.offset = 0;
     p.noalloc = false;
 
-    return print_value(item, 0, fmt, &p);
+    return (char*)print_value(item, 0, fmt, &p);
 }
 
-int cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item,char *buf, const int len, const cjbool fmt)
+int cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item, char *buf, const int len, const cjbool fmt)
 {
     printbuffer p;
-    p.buffer = buf;
+    p.buffer = (unsigned char*)buf;
     p.length = len;
     p.offset = 0;
     p.noalloc = true;
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ int cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item,char *buf, const int len, const cjbool f
 }
 
 /* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
-static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
+static const unsigned  char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep)
 {
     if (!value)
     {
@@ -930,17 +930,17 @@ static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
     }
 
     /* parse the different types of values */
-    if (!strncmp(value, "null", 4))
+    if (!strncmp((const char*)value, "null", 4))
     {
         item->type = cJSON_NULL;
         return value + 4;
     }
-    if (!strncmp(value, "false", 5))
+    if (!strncmp((const char*)value, "false", 5))
     {
         item->type = cJSON_False;
         return value + 5;
     }
-    if (!strncmp(value, "true", 4))
+    if (!strncmp((const char*)value, "true", 4))
     {
         item->type = cJSON_True;
         item->valueint = 1;
@@ -969,9 +969,9 @@ static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
 }
 
 /* Render a value to text. */
-static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    char *out = NULL;
+    unsigned char *out = NULL;
 
     if (!item)
     {
@@ -985,21 +985,21 @@ static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
                 out = ensure(p, 5);
                 if (out)
                 {
-                    strcpy(out, "null");
+                    strcpy((char*)out, "null");
                 }
                 break;
             case cJSON_False:
                 out = ensure(p, 6);
                 if (out)
                 {
-                    strcpy(out, "false");
+                    strcpy((char*)out, "false");
                 }
                 break;
             case cJSON_True:
                 out = ensure(p, 5);
                 if (out)
                 {
-                    strcpy(out, "true");
+                    strcpy((char*)out, "true");
                 }
                 break;
             case cJSON_Number:
@@ -1045,19 +1045,19 @@ static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
         switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
         {
             case cJSON_NULL:
-                out = cJSON_strdup("null");
+                out = cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)"null");
                 break;
             case cJSON_False:
-                out = cJSON_strdup("false");
+                out = cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)"false");
                 break;
             case cJSON_True:
-                out = cJSON_strdup("true");
+                out = cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)"true");
                 break;
             case cJSON_Number:
                 out = print_number(item, 0);
                 break;
             case cJSON_Raw:
-                out = cJSON_strdup(item->valuestring);
+                out = cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->valuestring);
                 break;
             case cJSON_String:
                 out = print_string(item, 0);
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
 }
 
 /* Build an array from input text. */
-static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item,const char *value,const char **ep)
+static const unsigned char *parse_array(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep)
 {
     cJSON *child = NULL;
     if (*value != '[')
@@ -1145,12 +1145,12 @@ static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item,const char *value,const char **ep)
 }
 
 /* Render an array to text */
-static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    char **entries;
-    char *out = NULL;
-    char *ptr = NULL;
-    char *ret = NULL;
+    unsigned char **entries;
+    unsigned char *out = NULL;
+    unsigned char *ptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *ret = NULL;
     int len = 5;
     cJSON *child = item->child;
     int numentries = 0;
@@ -1174,11 +1174,11 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
         }
         else
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
         }
         if (out)
         {
-            strcpy(out,"[]");
+            strcpy((char*)out, "[]");
         }
 
         return out;
@@ -1235,12 +1235,12 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
     else
     {
         /* Allocate an array to hold the pointers to all printed values */
-        entries = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
+        entries = (unsigned char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(unsigned char*));
         if (!entries)
         {
             return NULL;
         }
-        memset(entries, '\0', numentries * sizeof(char*));
+        memset(entries, '\0', numentries * sizeof(unsigned char*));
 
         /* Retrieve all the results: */
         child = item->child;
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
             entries[i++] = ret;
             if (ret)
             {
-                len += strlen(ret) + 2 + (fmt ? 1 : 0);
+                len += strlen((char*)ret) + 2 + (fmt ? 1 : 0);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
         /* If we didn't fail, try to malloc the output string */
         if (!fail)
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
         }
         /* If that fails, we fail. */
         if (!out)
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
         *ptr = '\0';
         for (i = 0; i < numentries; i++)
         {
-            tmplen = strlen(entries[i]);
+            tmplen = strlen((char*)entries[i]);
             memcpy(ptr, entries[i], tmplen);
             ptr += tmplen;
             if (i != (numentries - 1))
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *
 }
 
 /* Build an object from the text. */
-static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
+static const unsigned char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *value, const unsigned char **ep)
 {
     cJSON *child = NULL;
     if (*value != '{')
@@ -1409,14 +1409,14 @@ static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
 }
 
 /* Render an object to text. */
-static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
+static unsigned char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
 {
-    char **entries = NULL;
-    char **names = NULL;
-    char *out = NULL;
-    char *ptr = NULL;
-    char *ret = NULL;
-    char *str = NULL;
+    unsigned char **entries = NULL;
+    unsigned char **names = NULL;
+    unsigned char *out = NULL;
+    unsigned char *ptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *ret = NULL;
+    unsigned char *str = NULL;
     int len = 7;
     int i = 0;
     int j = 0;
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
         }
         else
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(fmt ? depth + 4 : 3);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(fmt ? depth + 4 : 3);
         }
         if (!out)
         {
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
             }
 
             /* print key */
-            if (!print_string_ptr(child->string, p))
+            if (!print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)child->string, p))
             {
                 return NULL;
             }
@@ -1567,19 +1567,19 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
     else
     {
         /* Allocate space for the names and the objects */
-        entries = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
+        entries = (unsigned char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(unsigned char*));
         if (!entries)
         {
             return NULL;
         }
-        names = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
+        names = (unsigned char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(unsigned char*));
         if (!names)
         {
             cJSON_free(entries);
             return NULL;
         }
-        memset(entries, '\0', sizeof(char*) * numentries);
-        memset(names, '\0', sizeof(char*) * numentries);
+        memset(entries, '\0', sizeof(unsigned char*) * numentries);
+        memset(names, '\0', sizeof(unsigned char*) * numentries);
 
         /* Collect all the results into our arrays: */
         child = item->child;
@@ -1590,11 +1590,11 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
         }
         while (child && !fail)
         {
-            names[i] = str = print_string_ptr(child->string, 0); /* print key */
+            names[i] = str = print_string_ptr((unsigned char*)child->string, 0); /* print key */
             entries[i++] = ret = print_value(child, depth, fmt, 0);
             if (str && ret)
             {
-                len += strlen(ret) + strlen(str) + 2 + (fmt ? 2 + depth : 0);
+                len += strlen((char*)ret) + strlen((char*)str) + 2 + (fmt ? 2 + depth : 0);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
         /* Try to allocate the output string */
         if (!fail)
         {
-            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
+            out = (unsigned char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
         }
         if (!out)
         {
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
                     *ptr++='\t';
                 }
             }
-            tmplen = strlen(names[i]);
+            tmplen = strlen((char*)names[i]);
             memcpy(ptr, names[i], tmplen);
             ptr += tmplen;
             *ptr++ = ':';
@@ -1658,8 +1658,8 @@ static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer
             {
                 *ptr++ = '\t';
             }
-            strcpy(ptr, entries[i]);
-            ptr += strlen(entries[i]);
+            strcpy((char*)ptr, (char*)entries[i]);
+            ptr += strlen((char*)entries[i]);
             if (i != (numentries - 1))
             {
                 *ptr++ = ',';
@@ -1717,14 +1717,14 @@ cJSON *cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int item)
 cJSON *cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
 {
     cJSON *c = object ? object->child : NULL;
-    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string, string))
+    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)c->string, (const unsigned char*)string))
     {
         c = c->next;
     }
     return c;
 }
 
-cjbool cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object,const char *string)
+cjbool cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
 {
     return cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string) ? 1 : 0;
 }
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ void   cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
     {
         cJSON_free(item->string);
     }
-    item->string = cJSON_strdup(string);
+    item->string = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string);
 
     cJSON_AddItemToArray(object,item);
 }
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
 {
     int i = 0;
     cJSON *c = object->child;
-    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string,string))
+    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)c->string, (const unsigned char*)string))
     {
         i++;
         c = c->next;
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ void cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem
 {
     int i = 0;
     cJSON *c = object->child;
-    while(c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string, string))
+    while(c && cJSON_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)c->string, (const unsigned char*)string))
     {
         i++;
         c = c->next;
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ void cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem
              cJSON_free(newitem->string);
         }
 
-        newitem->string = cJSON_strdup(string);
+        newitem->string = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string);
         cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(object, i, newitem);
     }
 }
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)
     if(item)
     {
         item->type = cJSON_String;
-        item->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(string);
+        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)string);
         if(!item->valuestring)
         {
             cJSON_Delete(item);
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw)
     if(item)
     {
         item->type = cJSON_Raw;
-        item->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(raw);
+        item->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((const unsigned char*)raw);
         if(!item->valuestring)
         {
             cJSON_Delete(item);
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cjbool recurse)
     newitem->valuedouble = item->valuedouble;
     if (item->valuestring)
     {
-        newitem->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(item->valuestring);
+        newitem->valuestring = (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->valuestring);
         if (!newitem->valuestring)
         {
             cJSON_Delete(newitem);
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cjbool recurse)
     }
     if (item->string)
     {
-        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : cJSON_strdup(item->string);
+        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : (char*)cJSON_strdup((unsigned char*)item->string);
         if (!newitem->string)
         {
             cJSON_Delete(newitem);
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cjbool recurse)
 
 void cJSON_Minify(char *json)
 {
-    char *into = json;
+    unsigned char *into = (unsigned char*)json;
     while (*json)
     {
         if (*json == ' ')
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 8b5f4b8..762b277 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "cJSON_Utils.h"
 
-static char* cJSONUtils_strdup(const char* str)
+static unsigned char* cJSONUtils_strdup(const unsigned char* str)
 {
     size_t len = 0;
-    char *copy = NULL;
+    unsigned char *copy = NULL;
 
-    len = strlen(str) + 1;
-    if (!(copy = (char*)malloc(len)))
+    len = strlen((const char*)str) + 1;
+    if (!(copy = (unsigned char*)malloc(len)))
     {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static char* cJSONUtils_strdup(const char* str)
     return copy;
 }
 
-static int cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+static int cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(const unsigned char *s1, const unsigned char *s2)
 {
     if (!s1)
     {
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ static int cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
         }
     }
 
-    return tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) - tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2);
+    return tolower(*s1) - tolower(*s2);
 }
 
 /* JSON Pointer implementation: */
-static int cJSONUtils_Pstrcasecmp(const char *a, const char *e)
+static int cJSONUtils_Pstrcasecmp(const unsigned char *a, const unsigned char *e)
 {
     if (!a || !e)
     {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_Pstrcasecmp(const char *a, const char *e)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(const char *s)
+static int cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(const unsigned char *s)
 {
     int l = 0;
     for (; *s; s++, l++)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(const char *s)
     return l;
 }
 
-static void cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(char *d, const char *s)
+static void cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(unsigned char *d, const unsigned char *s)
 {
     for (; *s; s++)
     {
@@ -122,33 +122,33 @@ char *cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(cJSON *object, cJSON *target)
     if (object == target)
     {
         /* found */
-        return cJSONUtils_strdup("");
+        return (char*)cJSONUtils_strdup((const unsigned char*)"");
     }
 
     /* recursively search all children of the object */
     for (obj = object->child; obj; obj = obj->next, c++)
     {
-        char *found = cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(obj, target);
+        unsigned char *found = (unsigned char*)cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(obj, target);
         if (found)
         {
             if ((type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array)
             {
                 /* reserve enough memory for a 64 bit integer + '/' and '\0' */
-                char *ret = (char*)malloc(strlen(found) + 23);
-                sprintf(ret, "/%d%s", c, found); /* /<array_index><path> */
+                unsigned char *ret = (unsigned char*)malloc(strlen((char*)found) + 23);
+                sprintf((char*)ret, "/%d%s", c, found); /* /<array_index><path> */
                 free(found);
 
-                return ret;
+                return (char*)ret;
             }
             else if ((type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object)
             {
-                char *ret = (char*)malloc(strlen(found) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(obj->string) + 2);
+                unsigned char *ret = (unsigned char*)malloc(strlen((char*)found) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen((unsigned char*)obj->string) + 2);
                 *ret = '/';
-                cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(ret + 1, obj->string);
-                strcat(ret, found);
+                cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(ret + 1, (unsigned char*)obj->string);
+                strcat((char*)ret, (char*)found);
                 free(found);
 
-                return ret;
+                return (char*)ret;
             }
 
             /* reached leaf of the tree, found nothing */
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ cJSON *cJSONUtils_GetPointer(cJSON *object, const char *pointer)
         {
             object = object->child;
             /* GetObjectItem. */
-            while (object && cJSONUtils_Pstrcasecmp(object->string, pointer))
+            while (object && cJSONUtils_Pstrcasecmp((unsigned char*)object->string, (const unsigned char*)pointer))
             {
                 object = object->next;
             }
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ cJSON *cJSONUtils_GetPointer(cJSON *object, const char *pointer)
 }
 
 /* JSON Patch implementation. */
-static void cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(char *string)
+static void cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(unsigned char *string)
 {
-    char *s2 = string;
+    unsigned char *s2 = string;
 
     if (string == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ static void cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(char *string)
     *s2 = '\0';
 }
 
-static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const char *path)
+static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const unsigned char *path)
 {
-    char *parentptr = NULL;
-    char *childptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *parentptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *childptr = NULL;
     cJSON *parent = NULL;
     cJSON *ret = NULL;
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const char *path)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    childptr = strrchr(parentptr, '/'); /* last '/' */
+    childptr = (unsigned char*)strrchr((char*)parentptr, '/'); /* last '/' */
     if (childptr == NULL)
     {
         free(parentptr);
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const char *path)
     /* split strings */
     *childptr++ = '\0';
 
-    parent = cJSONUtils_GetPointer(object, parentptr);
+    parent = cJSONUtils_GetPointer(object, (char*)parentptr);
     cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(childptr);
 
     if (!parent)
@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const char *path)
     }
     else if ((parent->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array)
     {
-        ret = cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(parent, atoi(childptr));
+        ret = cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(parent, atoi((char*)childptr));
     }
     else if ((parent->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object)
     {
-        ret = cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(parent, childptr);
+        ret = cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(parent, (char*)childptr);
     }
     free(parentptr);
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_Compare(cJSON *a, cJSON *b)
             {
                 int err = 0;
                 /* compare object keys */
-                if (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(a->string, b->string))
+                if (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)a->string, (unsigned char*)b->string))
                 {
                     /* missing member */
                     return -6;
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
     cJSON *value = NULL;
     cJSON *parent = NULL;
     int opcode = 0;
-    char *parentptr = NULL;
-    char *childptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *parentptr = NULL;
+    unsigned char *childptr = NULL;
 
     op = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "op");
     path = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "path");
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
     if ((opcode == 1) || (opcode == 2))
     {
         /* Get rid of old. */
-        cJSON_Delete(cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, path->valuestring));
+        cJSON_Delete(cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, (unsigned char*)path->valuestring));
         if (opcode == 1)
         {
             /* For Remove, this is job done. */
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
         if (opcode == 3)
         {
             /* move */
-            value = cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, from->valuestring);
+            value = cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, (unsigned char*)from->valuestring);
         }
         if (opcode == 4)
         {
@@ -443,13 +443,13 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
     /* Now, just add "value" to "path". */
 
     /* split pointer in parent and child */
-    parentptr = cJSONUtils_strdup(path->valuestring);
-    childptr = strrchr(parentptr, '/');
+    parentptr = cJSONUtils_strdup((unsigned char*)path->valuestring);
+    childptr = (unsigned char*)strrchr((char*)parentptr, '/');
     if (childptr)
     {
         *childptr++ = '\0';
     }
-    parent = cJSONUtils_GetPointer(object, parentptr);
+    parent = cJSONUtils_GetPointer(object, (char*)parentptr);
     cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(childptr);
 
     /* add, remove, replace, move, copy, test. */
@@ -462,19 +462,19 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
     }
     else if ((parent->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Array)
     {
-        if (!strcmp(childptr, "-"))
+        if (!strcmp((char*)childptr, "-"))
         {
             cJSON_AddItemToArray(parent, value);
         }
         else
         {
-            cJSON_InsertItemInArray(parent, atoi(childptr), value);
+            cJSON_InsertItemInArray(parent, atoi((char*)childptr), value);
         }
     }
     else if ((parent->type & 0xFF) == cJSON_Object)
     {
-        cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(parent, childptr);
-        cJSON_AddItemToObject(parent, childptr, value);
+        cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(parent, (char*)childptr);
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(parent, (char*)childptr, value);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -509,20 +509,20 @@ int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(cJSON *object, cJSON *patches)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(cJSON *patches, const char *op, const char *path, const char *suffix, cJSON *val)
+static void cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(cJSON *patches, const unsigned char *op, const unsigned char *path, const unsigned char *suffix, cJSON *val)
 {
     cJSON *patch = cJSON_CreateObject();
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "op", cJSON_CreateString(op));
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "op", cJSON_CreateString((const char*)op));
     if (suffix)
     {
-        char *newpath = (char*)malloc(strlen(path) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(suffix) + 2);
-        cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(newpath + sprintf(newpath, "%s/", path), suffix);
-        cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "path", cJSON_CreateString(newpath));
+        unsigned char *newpath = (unsigned char*)malloc(strlen((const char*)path) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(suffix) + 2);
+        cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(newpath + sprintf((char*)newpath, "%s/", (const char*)path), suffix);
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "path", cJSON_CreateString((const char*)newpath));
         free(newpath);
     }
     else
     {
-        cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "path", cJSON_CreateString(path));
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(patch, "path", cJSON_CreateString((const char*)path));
     }
     if (val)
     {
@@ -533,14 +533,14 @@ static void cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(cJSON *patches, const char *op, const char
 
 void cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(cJSON *array, const char *op, const char *path, cJSON *val)
 {
-    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(array, op, path, 0, val);
+    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(array, (const unsigned char*)op, (const unsigned char*)path, 0, val);
 }
 
-static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const char *path, cJSON *from, cJSON *to)
+static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const unsigned char *path, cJSON *from, cJSON *to)
 {
     if ((from->type & 0xFF) != (to->type & 0xFF))
     {
-        cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "replace", path, 0, to);
+        cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"replace", path, 0, to);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -549,37 +549,37 @@ static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const char *path, cJSON *f
         case cJSON_Number:
             if ((from->valueint != to->valueint) || (from->valuedouble != to->valuedouble))
             {
-                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "replace", path, 0, to);
+                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"replace", path, 0, to);
             }
             return;
 
         case cJSON_String:
             if (strcmp(from->valuestring, to->valuestring) != 0)
             {
-                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "replace", path, 0, to);
+                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"replace", path, 0, to);
             }
             return;
 
         case cJSON_Array:
         {
             int c = 0;
-            char *newpath = (char*)malloc(strlen(path) + 23); /* Allow space for 64bit int. */
+            unsigned char *newpath = (unsigned char*)malloc(strlen((const char*)path) + 23); /* Allow space for 64bit int. */
             /* generate patches for all array elements that exist in "from" and "to" */
             for (c = 0, from = from->child, to = to->child; from && to; from = from->next, to = to->next, c++)
             {
-                sprintf(newpath, "%s/%d", path, c); /* path of the current array element */
+                sprintf((char*)newpath, "%s/%d", path, c); /* path of the current array element */
                 cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(patches, newpath, from, to);
             }
             /* remove leftover elements from 'from' that are not in 'to' */
             for (; from; from = from->next, c++)
             {
-                sprintf(newpath, "%d", c);
-                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "remove", path, newpath, 0);
+                sprintf((char*)newpath, "%d", c);
+                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"remove", path, newpath, 0);
             }
             /* add new elements in 'to' that were not in 'from' */
             for (; to; to = to->next, c++)
             {
-                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "add", path, "-", to);
+                cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"add", path, (const unsigned char*)"-", to);
             }
             free(newpath);
             return;
@@ -597,12 +597,12 @@ static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const char *path, cJSON *f
             /* for all object values in the object with more of them */
             while (a || b)
             {
-                int diff = (!a) ? 1 : ((!b) ? -1 : cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(a->string, b->string));
+                int diff = (!a) ? 1 : ((!b) ? -1 : cJSONUtils_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)a->string, (unsigned char*)b->string));
                 if (!diff)
                 {
                     /* both object keys are the same */
-                    char *newpath = (char*)malloc(strlen(path) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen(a->string) + 2);
-                    cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(newpath + sprintf(newpath, "%s/", path), a->string);
+                    unsigned char *newpath = (unsigned char*)malloc(strlen((const char*)path) + cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrlen((unsigned char*)a->string) + 2);
+                    cJSONUtils_PointerEncodedstrcpy(newpath + sprintf((char*)newpath, "%s/", path), (unsigned char*)a->string);
                     /* create a patch for the element */
                     cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(patches, newpath, a, b);
                     free(newpath);
@@ -612,13 +612,13 @@ static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const char *path, cJSON *f
                 else if (diff < 0)
                 {
                     /* object element doesn't exist in 'to' --> remove it */
-                    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "remove", path, a->string, 0);
+                    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"remove", path, (unsigned char*)a->string, 0);
                     a = a->next;
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     /* object element doesn't exist in 'from' --> add it */
-                    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, "add", path, b->string, b);
+                    cJSONUtils_GeneratePatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"add", path, (unsigned char*)b->string, b);
                     b = b->next;
                 }
             }
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static void cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(cJSON *patches, const char *path, cJSON *f
 cJSON* cJSONUtils_GeneratePatches(cJSON *from, cJSON *to)
 {
     cJSON *patches = cJSON_CreateArray();
-    cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(patches, "", from, to);
+    cJSONUtils_CompareToPatch(patches, (const unsigned char*)"", from, to);
 
     return patches;
 }
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_SortList(cJSON *list)
         return list;
     }
 
-    while (ptr && ptr->next && (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(ptr->string, ptr->next->string) < 0))
+    while (ptr && ptr->next && (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)ptr->string, (unsigned char*)ptr->next->string) < 0))
     {
         /* Test for list sorted. */
         ptr = ptr->next;
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_SortList(cJSON *list)
 
     while (first && second) /* Merge the sub-lists */
     {
-        if (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp(first->string, second->string) < 0)
+        if (cJSONUtils_strcasecmp((unsigned char*)first->string, (unsigned char*)second->string) < 0)
         {
             if (!list)
             {