diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes.hs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     { attrStyle :: !(MaybeDefault Style)
     , attrForeColor :: !(MaybeDefault Color)
     , attrBackColor :: !(MaybeDefault Color)
-    } deriving ( Eq, Show )
+    } deriving ( Eq, Show, Read )
 
 -- This could be encoded into a single 32 bit word. The 32 bit word is first divided
 -- into 4 groups of 8 bits where: The first group codes what action should be taken with regards to
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@
 data MaybeDefault v where
     Default :: MaybeDefault v
     KeepCurrent :: MaybeDefault v
-    SetTo :: forall v . ( Eq v, Show v ) => !v -> MaybeDefault v
+    SetTo :: forall v . ( Eq v, Show v, Read v ) => !v -> MaybeDefault v
 
 deriving instance Eq v => Eq (MaybeDefault v)
 deriving instance Eq v => Show (MaybeDefault v)
+deriving instance (Eq v, Show v, Read v) => Read (MaybeDefault v)
 
 instance Eq v => Monoid ( MaybeDefault v ) where
     mempty = KeepCurrent
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes/Color.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes/Color.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes/Color.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Attributes/Color.hs
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@
 --
 -- Seriously, terminal color support is INSANE.
 data Color = ISOColor !Word8 | Color240 !Word8
-    deriving ( Eq, Show )
+    deriving ( Eq, Show, Read )
 
diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
 -- directly to iso10646String or string.
 -- 
 iso10646String :: Attr -> String -> Image
-iso10646String a str = 
+iso10646String _ [] = EmptyImage
+iso10646String a str =
     let displayWidth = safeWcswidth str
     in HorizText a (TL.pack str) displayWidth (length str)
 
diff --git a/vty.cabal b/vty.cabal
--- a/vty.cabal
+++ b/vty.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                vty
-version:             5.2.9
+version:             5.2.10
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              AUTHORS