diff --git a/alib2cli/src/builtin/Dot.cpp b/alib2cli/src/builtin/Dot.cpp
index 24c2b8c59cdc498467f7c0cbec57d3b71b5c95e1..20baf1d861a4140f6b93d0ca32696162284f739c 100644
--- a/alib2cli/src/builtin/Dot.cpp
+++ b/alib2cli/src/builtin/Dot.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ namespace cli::builtin {
 std::vector < std::string> Dot::allowedOutputTypes { "dot", "xdot", "ps", "pdf", "svg", "svgz", "fig", "png", "gif", "jpg", "jpeg", "json", "imap", "cmapx" };
 
 void Dot::run ( const std::string & data, const std::string & outputType, const std::optional < std::string > & outputFile, bool runInBackground ) {
-	int fd [ 2 ];
-	if ( pipe ( fd ) != 0 )
+	std::array < int, 2 > fd;
+	if ( pipe ( fd.data ( ) ) != 0 )
 		throw exception::CommonException ( "Dot: Failed to initialize communication pipe." );
 
 	pid_t pid = fork ( );
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ void Dot::run ( const std::string & data, const std::string & outputType, const
 		close ( fd [ 0 ] );
 		close ( fd [ 1 ] );
 
-		const char* cmd [ 6 ] = { "dot", "-T", outputType.c_str ( ), nullptr };
+		std::vector < const char * > cmd;
+		cmd.push_back ( "dot" );
+		cmd.push_back ( "-T" );
+		cmd.push_back ( outputType.c_str ( ) );
 		if ( outputFile.has_value ( ) ) {
-			cmd [ 3 ] = "-o";
-			cmd [ 4 ] = outputFile->c_str ( );
-			cmd [ 5 ] = nullptr;
+			cmd.push_back ( "-o" );
+			cmd.push_back ( outputFile->c_str ( ) );
 		}
+		cmd.push_back ( nullptr );
 
-		if ( execvp ( "dot", const_cast < char* const* > ( cmd ) ) == -1 ) // I do not like the const_cast but this is a real issue when mixing C with C++
+		if ( execvp ( "dot", const_cast < char* const* > ( cmd.data ( ) ) ) == -1 ) // I do not like the const_cast but this is a real issue when mixing C with C++
 			throw exception::CommonException ( "Dot: Failed to spawn child process." );
 	} else {
 		close ( fd [ 0 ] );