diff --git a/1985/lycklama/.gitignore b/1985/lycklama/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57b8242ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1985/lycklama/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lycklama
diff --git a/1985/lycklama/Makefile b/1985/lycklama/Makefile
index 63d0db4c9..3e3464132 100644
--- a/1985/lycklama/Makefile
+++ b/1985/lycklama/Makefile
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ CWARN= -Wall -Wextra -pedantic ${CSILENCE}
 
 # Silence warnings that ${CWARN} would normally complain about
 #
-CSILENCE= -Wno-implicit-int -Wno-unused-value
+CSILENCE= -Wno-implicit-int -Wno-unused-value -Wno-parentheses
 #CSILENCE= -Wno-implicit-int
 
 # compiler standard
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ CDEFINE=
 
 # include files that are needed to compile
 #
-CINCLUDE=
+CINCLUDE=-include unistd.h
 #CINCLUDE= -include stdlib.h
 #CINCLUDE= -include stdio.h
 #CINCLUDE= -include stdlib.h -include stdio.h
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ all: ${DATA} ${TARGET}
 	supernova deep_magic magic charon pluto
 
 ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
-	@echo "NOTE: This entry uses non-standard args to main() that do not work with modern compilers."
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LIBS}
 
 # alternative executable
diff --git a/1985/lycklama/README.md b/1985/lycklama/README.md
index 4f393c02d..8c016d501 100644
--- a/1985/lycklama/README.md
+++ b/1985/lycklama/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ NOTE: This entry uses non-standard args to main() that do not work with modern c
 
 ## Judges' comments:
 
-Run the program without any arguments.  Type in some very long lines
-and notice how it redisplays it.
+Run the program, redirecting a file into it, and notice how it redisplays it.
+For instance try:
 
-The program itself looks like tty noise.  Notice that even 'define' in #define can be defined.
+	./lycklama < lycklama.c
+
+The program itself looks like tty noise. In the past 'define' in `#define` could
+even be defined but to get this to work on modern systems we had to change the
+`#o` lines to `#define`.
 
-NOTE: This entry requires a non-standard K&R C compiler to compile.
 
 Copyright (c) 1985, Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel.
 All Rights Reserved.  Permission for personal, educational or non-profit use is
diff --git a/1985/lycklama/lycklama.c b/1985/lycklama/lycklama.c
index d7a3776fd..3bb0f7462 100644
--- a/1985/lycklama/lycklama.c
+++ b/1985/lycklama/lycklama.c
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #define o define
-#o ___o write
-#o ooo (unsigned)
-#o o_o_ 1
-#o _o_ char
-#o _oo goto
-#o _oo_ read
-#o o_o for
-#o o_ main
-#o o__ if
-#o oo_ 0
-#o _o(_,__,___)(void)___o(_,__,ooo(___))
-#o __o (o_o_<<((o_o_<<(o_o_<<o_o_))+(o_o_<<o_o_)))+(o_o_<<(o_o_<<(o_o_<<o_o_)))
+#define ___o write
+#define ooo (unsigned)
+#define o_o_ 1
+#define _o_ char
+#define _oo goto
+#define _oo_ read
+#define o_o for
+#define o_ main
+#define o__ if
+#define oo_ 0
+#define _o(_,__,___)(void)___o(_,__,ooo(___))
+#define __o (o_o_<<((o_o_<<(o_o_<<o_o_))+(o_o_<<o_o_)))+(o_o_<<(o_o_<<(o_o_<<o_o_)))
 o_(){_o_ _=oo_,__,___,____[__o];_oo ______;_____:___=__o-o_o_; _______:
 _o(o_o_,____,__=(_-o_o_<___?_-o_o_:___));o_o(;__;_o(o_o_,"\b",o_o_),__--);
 _o(o_o_," ",o_o_);o__(--___)_oo _______;_o(o_o_,"\n",o_o_);______:o__(_=_oo_(