diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc5a3ab3..198e2c8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Expected: May 2020
 
 ### Major New features
 
-* NACM RFC341 datanode read and write paths
+* NACM RFC8341 datanode read and write paths
   * This completes the NACM RPC and Data node access checks (notification still remains)
   
 ### API changes on existing protocol/config features (You may have have to change how you use Clixon)
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Expected: May 2020
 
 ### Minor changes
 
+* Adapted to CLIgen 4.5 API changes, eg: `cliread()` and  `cliread_parse()`
 * Renamed utility function `clixon_util_insert()` to `clixon_util_xml_mod()` and added merge functionality.
 * Sanity check of duplicates prefixes in Yang modules and submodules as defined in RFC 7950 Sec 7.1.4
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_main.c b/apps/cli/cli_main.c
index 8c49a64e..86e29652 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_main.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_main.c
@@ -220,15 +220,17 @@ cli_interactive(clicon_handle h)
     /* Loop through all commands */
     while(!cligen_exiting(cli_cligen(h))) {
 	new_mode = cli_syntax_mode(h);
-	if ((cmd = clicon_cliread(h)) == NULL) {
-	    cligen_exiting_set(cli_cligen(h), 1); /* EOF */
-	    goto ok; /* EOF should not be -1 error? */
+	cmd = NULL;
+	if (clicon_cliread(h, &cmd) < 0)
+	    goto done;
+	if (cmd == NULL) { /* EOF */
+	    cligen_exiting_set(cli_cligen(h), 1); 
+	    continue;
 	}
 	if (clicon_parse(h, cmd, &new_mode, &result, NULL) < 0)
 	    goto done;
 	/* Why not check result? */
     }
- ok:
     retval = 0;
  done:
     return retval;
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
index 74f0fc63..b9e73c53 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.c
@@ -603,14 +603,16 @@ done:
 }
 
 /*! Read command from CLIgen's cliread() using current syntax mode.
- * @param[in] h       Clicon handle
- * @retval    string  char* buffer containing CLIgen command
- * @retval    NULL    Fatal error
+ * @param[in]  h       Clicon handle
+ * @param[out] stringp Pointer to command buffer or NULL on EOF
+ * @retval     0       OK
+ * @retval    -1       Error
  */
-char *
-clicon_cliread(clicon_handle h)
+int
+clicon_cliread(clicon_handle h,
+	       char        **stringp)
 {
-    char             *ret;
+    int               retval = -1;
     char             *pfmt = NULL;
     cli_syntaxmode_t *mode;
     cli_syntax_t     *stx;
@@ -632,10 +634,15 @@ clicon_cliread(clicon_handle h)
     else
 	cli_prompt_set(h, cli_prompt(pfmt ? pfmt : mode->csm_prompt));
     cligen_tree_active_set(cli_cligen(h), mode->csm_name);
-    ret = cliread(cli_cligen(h));
+    if (cliread(cli_cligen(h), stringp) < 0){
+	clicon_err(OE_FATAL, errno, "CLIgen");
+	goto done;
+    }
+    retval = 0;
+ done:
     if (pfmt)
 	free(pfmt);
-    return ret;
+    return retval;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.h b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.h
index 365085f7..dadc2e50 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_plugin.h
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_plugin.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int clicon_eval(clicon_handle h, char *cmd, cg_obj *match_obj, cvec *vr);
 
 int clicon_parse(clicon_handle h, char *cmd, char **mode, cligen_result *result, int *evalres);
 
-char *clicon_cliread(clicon_handle h);
+int clicon_cliread(clicon_handle h, char **stringp);
 
 int cli_plugin_finish(clicon_handle h);
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ede6834..9c7dd117 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4606,7 +4606,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_cligen_cligen_h" = xyes; then :
 _ACEOF
 
 else
-  as_fn_error $? "cligen missing. Try: git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git" "$LINENO" 5
+  as_fn_error $? "CLIgen missing. Try: git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
 done
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f02e3a49..8fe9f0e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if test "$ac_enable_publish" = "yes"; then
    AC_DEFINE(CLIXON_PUBLISH_STREAMS, 1, [Enable publish of notification streams using SSE and curl])
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cligen/cligen.h,, AC_MSG_ERROR(cligen missing. Try: git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git))
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cligen/cligen.h,, AC_MSG_ERROR([CLIgen missing. Try: git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git]))
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(cligen, cligen_init,, AC_MSG_ERROR([CLIgen missing. Try: git clone https://github.com/olofhagsand/cligen.git]))
 
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_path.c b/lib/src/clixon_path.c
index 9b65990b..b2b4c341 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_path.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_path.c
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ yang2api_path_fmt(yang_stmt *ys,
  *            2 : ip = "1.2.3.4"
  *   api_path:  /interfaces/interface=e/ipv4/address=1.2.3.4
  * @param[in]  api_path_fmt  XML key format, eg /aaa/%s/name
- * @param[in]  cvv           cligen variable vector, one for every wildchar in 
- *                           api_path_fmt
+ * @param[in]  cvv           cligen variable vector, one for every wildchar in api_path_fmt
  * @param[out] api_path      api_path, eg /aaa/17. Free after use
  * @note first and last elements of cvv are not used,..
  * @see api_path_fmt2xpath