diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/istring.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/istring.hpp
index 5c97cf49..0e2f55de 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/istring.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/istring.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "array.hpp"
 #include "ignore.hpp"
 #include "memops.hpp"
 #include "ox/std/error.hpp"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ namespace ox {
 template<std::size_t StrCap>
 class IString {
 	private:
-		char m_buff[StrCap + 1];
+		ox::Array<char, StrCap + 1> m_buff;
 		size_t m_size{};
 
 	public:
@@ -112,9 +113,9 @@ constexpr IString<size>::IString(const char *str) noexcept: m_buff{{0}} {
 
 template<std::size_t size>
 constexpr IString<size> &IString<size>::operator=(Integer_c auto i) noexcept {
-	char str[65] = {};
-	ox::itoa(i, str);
-	return this->operator=(str);
+	ox::Array<char, 65> str{};
+	ox::itoa(i, str.data());
+	return this->operator=(str.data());
 }
 
 template<std::size_t size>
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ constexpr IString<size> &IString<size>::operator=(ox::CRStringView str) noexcept
 		strLen = cap();
 	}
 	m_size = strLen;
-	ox::listcpy(m_buff, str.data(), strLen);
+	ox::listcpy(m_buff.data(), str.data(), strLen);
 	// make sure last element is a null terminator
 	m_buff[strLen] = 0;
 	return *this;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ constexpr IString<size> &IString<size>::operator=(const char *str) noexcept {
 		strLen = cap();
 	}
 	m_size = strLen;
-	ox::listcpy(m_buff, str, strLen);
+	ox::listcpy(m_buff.data(), str, strLen);
 	// make sure last element is a null terminator
 	m_buff[cap()] = 0;
 	return *this;
@@ -162,9 +163,9 @@ constexpr IString<size> &IString<size>::operator+=(char *str) noexcept {
 
 template<std::size_t size>
 constexpr IString<size> &IString<size>::operator+=(Integer_c auto i) noexcept {
-	char str[65] = {};
-	ox::itoa(i, str);
-	return this->operator+=(str);
+	ox::Array<char, 65> str{};
+	ox::itoa(i, str.data());
+	return this->operator+=(str.data());
 }
 
 template<std::size_t size>
@@ -189,9 +190,9 @@ constexpr IString<size> IString<size>::operator+(char *str) const noexcept {
 
 template<std::size_t size>
 constexpr IString<size> IString<size>::operator+(Integer_c auto i) const noexcept {
-	char str[65] = {};
-	ox::itoa(i, str);
-	return this->operator+(str);
+	ox::Array<char, 65> str{};
+	ox::itoa(i, str.data());
+	return this->operator+(str.data());
 }
 
 template<std::size_t StrCap>
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ constexpr Error IString<StrCap>::append(const char *str, std::size_t strLen) noe
 		strLen = cap() - currentLen;
 		err = OxError(1, "Insufficient space for full string");
 	}
-	ox::strncpy(m_buff + currentLen, str, strLen);
+	ox::strncpy(m_buff.data() + currentLen, str, strLen);
 	// make sure last element is a null terminator
 	m_buff[currentLen + strLen] = 0;
 	return err;
@@ -240,17 +241,17 @@ constexpr Error IString<StrCap>::append(const char *str, std::size_t strLen) noe
 
 template<std::size_t StrCap>
 constexpr const char *IString<StrCap>::data() const noexcept {
-	return static_cast<const char*>(m_buff);
+	return static_cast<const char*>(m_buff.data());
 }
 
 template<std::size_t StrCap>
 constexpr char *IString<StrCap>::data() noexcept {
-	return static_cast<char*>(m_buff);
+	return static_cast<char*>(m_buff.data());
 }
 
 template<std::size_t StrCap>
 constexpr const char *IString<StrCap>::c_str() const noexcept {
-	return static_cast<const char*>(m_buff);
+	return static_cast<const char*>(m_buff.data());
 }
 
 
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ template<std::size_t StrCap>
 constexpr std::size_t IString<StrCap>::len() const noexcept {
 	std::size_t length = 0;
 	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < StrCap; i++) {
-		uint8_t b = static_cast<uint8_t>(m_buff[i]);
+		auto const b = static_cast<uint8_t>(m_buff[i]);
 		if (b) {
 			const auto asciiChar = (b & 128) == 0;
 			const auto utf8Char = (b & (256 << 6)) == (256 << 6);