diff --git a/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.cpp b/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.cpp
index d8236352..d0e06d00 100644
--- a/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace rsgis {
             // and slowing down the loop, shoot for ~25Hz and smooth over 3 seconds
             if (nupdates > 10)
             {
-                period = (int)( std::min(std::max((1.0/25)*curr/dt_tot,1.0), 5e5));
+                period = (int)( (std::min)((std::max)((1.0/25)*curr/dt_tot,1.0), 5e5));
                 smoothing = 25*3;
             }
             double peta = (tot-curr)/avgrate;
@@ -216,4 +216,3 @@ namespace rsgis {
 
     }
 }//rsgis
-
diff --git a/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.h b/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.h
index e22f9e45..2cbf3578 100644
--- a/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.h
+++ b/src/common/rsgis-tqdm.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef RSGIS_TQDM_H
 #define RSGIS_TQDM_H
 
+#define NOMINMAX
+
 #if _MSC_VER
     #include <io.h>
     #define isatty _isatty
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ namespace rsgis
 #endif
               // return the space left for process bar
               // '60' is an experience value to exclude other output info, such as percent, time elapsed, etc.
-              return std::max((int)width - 60, 1);
+              return (std::max)((int)width - 60, 1);
             }();
     
             std::string right_pad = "▏";