diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 See also the hledger and project change logs.
 
 
+# 1.1.1 (2017/1/20)
+
+-   allow brick 0.16 (Joshua Chia)
+
+-   drop obsolete --no-elide flag
+
 # 1.1 (2016/12/31)
 
 -   with --watch, the display updates automatically to show file or date changes
diff --git a/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
--- a/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Copyright (c) 2007-2015 Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
 Released under GPL version 3 or later.
 -}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
@@ -11,12 +12,12 @@
 
 -- import Control.Applicative
 -- import Lens.Micro.Platform ((^.))
-import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
 import Control.Concurrent.Async
 import Control.Monad
 -- import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Data.Default (def)
--- import Data.Monoid              -- 
+-- import Data.Monoid              --
 import Data.List
 import Data.Maybe
 -- import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@
 import System.FSNotify
 import Brick
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_brick(0,16,0)
+import qualified Brick.BChan as BC
+#else
+import Control.Concurrent.Chan (newChan, writeChan)
+#endif
+
 import Hledger
 import Hledger.Cli hiding (progname,prognameandversion,green)
 import Hledger.UI.UIOptions
@@ -41,6 +48,15 @@
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_brick(0,16,0)
+newChan :: IO (BC.BChan a)
+newChan = BC.newBChan 10
+
+writeChan :: BC.BChan a -> a -> IO ()
+writeChan = BC.writeBChan
+#endif
+
+
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
   opts <- getHledgerUIOpts
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@
                    ,aPrevScreens=[]
                    ,aMode=Normal
                    }
-  
+
     ui =
       (sInit scr) d True $
         (if change_ uopts' then toggleHistorical else id) $ -- XXX
diff --git a/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs b/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
--- a/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
+++ b/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 uiflags = [
   -- flagNone ["debug-ui"]  (\opts -> setboolopt "rules-file" opts) "run with no terminal output, showing console"
-   flagNone ["watch"] (\opts -> setboolopt "watch" opts) "watch for data changes and reload automatically"
+   flagNone ["watch"] (\opts -> setboolopt "watch" opts) "watch for data and date changes and reload automatically"
   ,flagReq  ["theme"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "theme" s opts) "THEME" ("use this custom display theme ("++intercalate ", " themeNames++")")
   ,flagReq  ["register"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "register" s opts) "ACCTREGEX" "start in the (first) matched account's register"
   ,flagNone ["change"] (\opts -> setboolopt "change" opts)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   ,flagNone ["flat"] (\opts -> setboolopt "flat" opts) "show full account names, unindented"
   -- ,flagReq ["drop"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "drop" s opts) "N" "with --flat, omit this many leading account name components"
   -- ,flagReq  ["format"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "format" s opts) "FORMATSTR" "use this custom line format"
-  ,flagNone ["no-elide"] (\opts -> setboolopt "no-elide" opts) "don't compress empty parent accounts on one line"
+  -- ,flagNone ["no-elide"] (\opts -> setboolopt "no-elide" opts) "don't compress empty parent accounts on one line"
   ,flagNone ["value","V"] (setboolopt "value") "show amounts as their current market value in their default valuation commodity (accounts screen)"
  ]
 
diff --git a/doc/hledger-ui.1 b/doc/hledger-ui.1
--- a/doc/hledger-ui.1
+++ b/doc/hledger-ui.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-.TH "hledger\-ui" "1" "December 2016" "hledger\-ui 1.1" "hledger User Manuals"
+.TH "hledger\-ui" "1" "January 2017" "hledger\-ui 1.1.1" "hledger User Manuals"
 
 
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 the data.
 .TP
 .B \f[C]\-\-watch\f[]
-watch for data (and time) changes and reload automatically
+watch for data and date changes and reload automatically
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/hledger-ui.1.info b/doc/hledger-ui.1.info
--- a/doc/hledger-ui.1.info
+++ b/doc/hledger-ui.1.info
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 File: hledger-ui.1.info,  Node: Top,  Up: (dir)
 
-hledger-ui(1) hledger-ui 1.1
-****************************
+hledger-ui(1) hledger-ui 1.1.1
+******************************
 
 hledger-ui is hledger's curses-style interface, providing an efficient
 full-window text UI for viewing accounts and transactions, and some
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 the data.
 
 `--watch'
-     watch for data (and time) changes and reload automatically
+     watch for data and date changes and reload automatically
 
 `--theme=default|terminal|greenterm'
      use this custom display theme
@@ -359,19 +359,19 @@
 
 Tag Table:
 Node: Top88
-Node: OPTIONS823
-Ref: #options922
-Node: KEYS4003
-Ref: #keys4100
-Node: SCREENS6670
-Ref: #screens6757
-Node: Accounts screen6847
-Ref: #accounts-screen6977
-Node: Register screen9015
-Ref: #register-screen9172
-Node: Transaction screen11060
-Ref: #transaction-screen11220
-Node: Error screen12087
-Ref: #error-screen12211
+Node: OPTIONS827
+Ref: #options926
+Node: KEYS4005
+Ref: #keys4102
+Node: SCREENS6672
+Ref: #screens6759
+Node: Accounts screen6849
+Ref: #accounts-screen6979
+Node: Register screen9017
+Ref: #register-screen9174
+Node: Transaction screen11062
+Ref: #transaction-screen11222
+Node: Error screen12089
+Ref: #error-screen12213
 
 End Tag Table
diff --git a/doc/hledger-ui.1.txt b/doc/hledger-ui.1.txt
--- a/doc/hledger-ui.1.txt
+++ b/doc/hledger-ui.1.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
        the data.
 
        --watch
-              watch for data (and time) changes and reload automatically
+              watch for data and date changes and reload automatically
 
        --theme=default|terminal|greenterm
               use this custom display theme
@@ -362,4 +362,4 @@
 
 
 
-hledger-ui 1.1                   December 2016                   hledger-ui(1)
+hledger-ui 1.1.1                 January 2017                    hledger-ui(1)
diff --git a/hledger-ui.cabal b/hledger-ui.cabal
--- a/hledger-ui.cabal
+++ b/hledger-ui.cabal
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hledger-ui
-version:        1.1
+version:        1.1.1
 stability:      stable
 category:       Finance, Console
 synopsis:       Curses-style user interface for the hledger accounting tool
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   hs-source-dirs:
       .
   ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-missing-signatures -fno-warn-type-defaults -fno-warn-orphans
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.1"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.1.1"
   build-depends:
       hledger >= 1.1 && < 1.2
     , hledger-lib >= 1.1 && < 1.2
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     buildable: False
   else
     build-depends:
-        brick >= 0.12 && < 0.16
+        brick >= 0.12 && < 0.17
       , vty >= 5.5 && < 5.15
   if flag(threaded)
     ghc-options: -threaded