diff --git a/Frameworks/layout/src/ct.cc b/Frameworks/layout/src/ct.cc
index 050e6d60..4a38215c 100644
--- a/Frameworks/layout/src/ct.cc
+++ b/Frameworks/layout/src/ct.cc
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ namespace ct
 			CFAttributedStringSetAttribute(str, CFRangeMake(0, CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), kCTForegroundColorAttributeName, textColor ?: styles.foreground());
 			CFAttributedStringSetAttribute(str, CFRangeMake(0, CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), kCTLigatureAttributeName, cf::wrap(0));
 			if(styles.underlined())
-				_underlines.push_back(std::make_pair(CFRangeMake(CFAttributedStringGetLength(toDraw), CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), CGColorPtr((CGColorRef)CFRetain(styles.foreground()), CFRelease)));
-			_backgrounds.push_back(std::make_pair(CFRangeMake(CFAttributedStringGetLength(toDraw), CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), CGColorPtr((CGColorRef)CFRetain(styles.background()), CFRelease)));
+				_underlines.push_back(std::make_pair(CFRangeMake(CFAttributedStringGetLength(toDraw), CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), CGColorPtr(CGColorRetain(styles.foreground()), CGColorRelease)));
+			_backgrounds.push_back(std::make_pair(CFRangeMake(CFAttributedStringGetLength(toDraw), CFAttributedStringGetLength(str)), CGColorPtr(CGColorRetain(styles.background()), CGColorRelease)));
 			CFAttributedStringReplaceAttributedString(toDraw, CFRangeMake(CFAttributedStringGetLength(toDraw), 0), str);
 			CFRelease(str);
 		}