diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
index de302910..ab0cfc02 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Optional {
 		constexpr Optional() noexcept = default;
 
 		template<typename ...Args>
-		constexpr Optional(Args &&... args);
+		explicit constexpr Optional(Args &&... args);
 
 		constexpr Optional(const Optional &other) {
 			if (other.m_ptr) {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Optional {
 			if (std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
 				m_ptr = new U(ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
 			} else {
-				m_ptr = std::construct_at<U>(reinterpret_cast<T*>(m_data.data()), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
+				m_ptr = std::construct_at<U>(reinterpret_cast<U*>(m_data.data()), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
 			}
 			return *m_ptr;
 		}
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a16dd009..05add638 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ add_test("[ox/std] HeapMgr" StdTest malloc)
 add_test("[ox/std] Serialize-Int" StdTest "Serialize-Int")
 add_test("[ox/std] BufferWriter" StdTest "BufferWriter")
 add_test("[ox/std] StringSplit" StdTest "StringSplit")
+add_test("[ox/std] FromHex" StdTest "FromHex")
 add_test("[ox/std] ToHex" StdTest "ToHex")
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/tests.cpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/tests.cpp
index d5916dbf..9d96c9de 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/tests.cpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/tests.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static std::map<ox::String, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 			oxAssert(s == "AB9C", "BString append broken");
 			s = "asdf";
 			oxAssert(s == "asdf", "String assign broken");
+			oxAssert(s != "aoeu", "String assign broken");
+			oxAssert(s.len() == 4, "String assign broken");
 			return OxError(0);
 		}
 	},
@@ -156,6 +158,29 @@ static std::map<ox::String, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 			return OxError(0);
 		}
 	},
+	{
+		"FromHex",
+		[] {
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("01").unwrap(), 0x01);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("02").unwrap(), 0x02);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("03").unwrap(), 0x03);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("04").unwrap(), 0x04);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("05").unwrap(), 0x05);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("06").unwrap(), 0x06);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("07").unwrap(), 0x07);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("08").unwrap(), 0x08);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0d").unwrap(), 0x0d);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0e").unwrap(), 0x0e);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0f").unwrap(), 0x0f);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0F").unwrap(), 0x0f);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("fF").unwrap(), 0xff);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("ff").unwrap(), 0xff);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("a0").unwrap(), 0xa0);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("93").unwrap(), 0x93);
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("40").unwrap(), 0x40);
+			return OxError(0);
+		}
+	},
 	{
 		"ToHex",
 		[] {
@@ -168,7 +193,7 @@ static std::map<ox::String, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x07), "07");
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x08), "08");
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0d), "0d");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0e), "03");
+			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0e), "0e");
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0f), "0f");
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x93), "93");
 			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x40), "40");
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.cpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.cpp
index a82286d7..4e9c833f 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.cpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace ox {
 bool UUID::s_seeded = false;
 Random UUID::s_rand;
 
-void UUID::seed(const RandomSeed &seed) noexcept {
+void UUID::seedGenerator(const RandomSeed &seed) noexcept {
 	s_seeded = true;
 	s_rand.seed(seed);
 }
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.hpp
index 079dccb5..34f42d7b 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/uuid.hpp
@@ -11,12 +11,56 @@
 #include "array.hpp"
 #include "bstring.hpp"
 #include "random.hpp"
+#include "stringview.hpp"
 #include "strops.hpp"
 #include "trace.hpp"
 
 namespace ox {
 
+using UUIDStr = ox::BString<36>;
+
 namespace detail {
+
+[[nodiscard]]
+constexpr auto isHexChar(char c) noexcept {
+	return (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+	    || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
+	    || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F');
+}
+
+constexpr ox::Result<uint8_t> fromHex(ox::CRStringView v) noexcept {
+	constexpr auto valMap = [] {
+		ox::Array<uint8_t, 128> out;
+		out['A'] = out['a'] = 10;
+		out['B'] = out['b'] = 11;
+		out['C'] = out['c'] = 12;
+		out['D'] = out['d'] = 13;
+		out['E'] = out['e'] = 14;
+		out['F'] = out['f'] = 15;
+		out['0'] = 0;
+		out['1'] = 1;
+		out['2'] = 2;
+		out['3'] = 3;
+		out['4'] = 4;
+		out['5'] = 5;
+		out['6'] = 6;
+		out['7'] = 7;
+		out['8'] = 8;
+		out['9'] = 9;
+		return out;
+	}();
+	if (!detail::isHexChar(v[0]) || !detail::isHexChar(v[1])) {
+		return OxError(1, "Invalid UUID");
+	}
+	if (v.len() != 2) {
+		return OxError(2);
+	}
+	uint8_t out = 0;
+	out += valMap[static_cast<unsigned>(v[0])] * 16u;
+	out += valMap[static_cast<unsigned>(v[1])];
+	return out;
+}
+
 constexpr ox::BString<2> toHex(uint8_t v) noexcept {
 	constexpr ox::Array<char, 16> valMap {
 		'0',
@@ -42,6 +86,7 @@ constexpr ox::BString<2> toHex(uint8_t v) noexcept {
 	out[2] = 0;
 	return out.data();
 }
+
 }
 
 class UUID {
@@ -51,13 +96,35 @@ class UUID {
 		ox::Array<uint8_t, 16> m_value;
 
 	public:
-		static void seed(const RandomSeed &seed) noexcept;
+		static void seedGenerator(const RandomSeed &seed) noexcept;
 
 		static ox::Result<UUID> generate() noexcept;
 
+		constexpr ox::Error fromString(ox::CRStringView s) noexcept {
+			if (s.len() < 36) {
+				return OxError(1, "Insufficient data contain complete UUID");
+			}
+			auto valueI = 0u;
+			for (auto i = 0u; i < s.len();) {
+				if (s[i] == '-') {
+					++i;
+					continue;
+				}
+				const auto seg = s.substr(i, i + 2);
+				if (seg.len() != 2) {
+					return OxError(1, "Invalid UUID");
+				}
+				oxRequire(val, detail::fromHex(seg));
+				m_value[valueI] = val;
+				i += 2;
+				++valueI;
+			}
+			return {};
+		}
+
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr ox::BString<36> toString() const noexcept {
-			ox::BString<36> out;
+		constexpr UUIDStr toString() const noexcept {
+			UUIDStr out;
 			auto i = 0u;
 			constexpr auto printChars = [](
 					ox::BString<36> *out, const Array<uint8_t, 16> &value, std::size_t cnt, unsigned i) {