diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b4b3242a..c47ac8287 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Change log
 
+## Version 1.4.2 2023-01-20
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Invalid read in coef block for nodes without coefs
+- Node count error for negative scales with PBC
+- Missing includes resulting in compile errors for recent gcc
+
+
 ## Version 1.4.1 2022-01-05
 
 ### Changed
@@ -16,7 +25,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
-- New constructors for BoundingBox and MRA, accepting box=[-L,L] argument 
+- New constructors for BoundingBox and MRA, accepting box=[-L,L] argument
 - Add FunctionTree::evalf_precise() which evaluates both scaling and wavelet parts
 - Possibility for empty tree skeletons without allocated coefficients
 - Possibility to manually set location of MW filters at configure time
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Miscellaneous fixes for building on conda-forge 
+- Miscellaneous fixes for building on conda-forge
 
 
 ## Version 1.3.1 2020-09-02
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 347f5833e..9df886c42 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.1
+1.4.2
diff --git a/src/trees/FunctionNode.cpp b/src/trees/FunctionNode.cpp
index 04016d5de..2c8eee329 100644
--- a/src/trees/FunctionNode.cpp
+++ b/src/trees/FunctionNode.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ template <int D> void FunctionNode<D>::createChildren(bool coefs) {
     int sIdx = allocator.alloc(nChildren, coefs);
 
     auto n_coefs = allocator.getNCoefs();
-    auto *coefs_p = allocator.getCoef_p(sIdx);
+    auto *coefs_p = (coefs) ? allocator.getCoef_p(sIdx) : nullptr;
     auto *child_p = allocator.getNode_p(sIdx);
 
     this->childSerialIx = sIdx;
diff --git a/src/trees/FunctionTree.h b/src/trees/FunctionTree.h
index 3ff1871df..00c1ab7d0 100644
--- a/src/trees/FunctionTree.h
+++ b/src/trees/FunctionTree.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <map>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "MWTree.h"
 #include "NodeAllocator.h"
diff --git a/src/trees/MWTree.cpp b/src/trees/MWTree.cpp
index 845514280..7677d944b 100644
--- a/src/trees/MWTree.cpp
+++ b/src/trees/MWTree.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ template <int D> void MWTree<D>::decrementNodeCount(int scale) {
         assert(-depth - 1 < this->nodesAtNegativeDepth.size());
         this->nodesAtNegativeDepth[-depth - 1]--;
         assert(this->nodesAtNegativeDepth[-depth - 1] >= 0);
-        if (this->nodesAtNegativeDepth[-depth - 1] == 0 and this->nodesAtNegativeDepth.size() > 1) this->nodesAtNegativeDepth.pop_back();
+        if (this->nodesAtNegativeDepth[-depth - 1] == 0 and this->nodesAtNegativeDepth.size() > 0) this->nodesAtNegativeDepth.pop_back();
     } else {
         assert(depth < this->nodesAtDepth.size());
         this->nodesAtDepth[depth]--;
diff --git a/src/trees/MWTree.h b/src/trees/MWTree.h
index 475f4830c..893e492f2 100644
--- a/src/trees/MWTree.h
+++ b/src/trees/MWTree.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <Eigen/Core>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "MRCPP/mrcpp_declarations.h"
 #include "utils/omp_utils.h"