diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
index aa0f1f87..de302910 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/optional.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ template<typename T, std::size_t buffSize = sizeof(T)>
 class Optional {
 	private:
 		T *m_ptr = nullptr;
-		char m_data[buffSize] = {};
+		AllocAlias<T> m_data = {};
 
 	public:
 		constexpr Optional() noexcept = default;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Optional {
 
 		constexpr Optional(const Optional &other) {
 			if (other.m_ptr) {
-				m_ptr = new(m_data) T(*other.m_ptr);
+				m_ptr = new(m_data.data()) T(*other.m_ptr);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Optional {
 				m_ptr->~T();
 			}
 			if (other.m_ptr) {
-				m_ptr = new(m_data) T(std::move(*other.m_ptr));
+				m_ptr = new(m_data.data()) T(std::move(*other.m_ptr));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Optional {
 			if (std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
 				m_ptr = new T(ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
 			} else {
-				m_ptr = std::construct_at<T>(reinterpret_cast<T*>(m_data), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
+				m_ptr = std::construct_at<T>(reinterpret_cast<T*>(m_data.data()), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
 			}
 			return *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), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
+				m_ptr = std::construct_at<U>(reinterpret_cast<T*>(m_data.data()), ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
 			}
 			return *m_ptr;
 		}
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/types.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/types.hpp
index 6f4dc8b5..7107530a 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/types.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/types.hpp
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ template<typename T, std::size_t sz = sizeof(T)>
 struct alignas(alignof(T)) AllocAlias {
 	char buff[sz];
 	constexpr AllocAlias() noexcept = default;
+	[[nodiscard]]
+	auto data() noexcept {
+		return reinterpret_cast<T*>(this);
+	}
+	[[nodiscard]]
+	auto data() const noexcept {
+		return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(this);
+	}
 };