diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem2/directory.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem2/directory.hpp
index 50bd8790..868108f8 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem2/directory.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem2/directory.hpp
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ template<typename InodeId_t>
 ValErr<InodeId_t> Directory<InodeId_t>::find(PathIterator it) const noexcept {
 	ValErr<InodeId_t> retval = {0, 1};
 	auto size = it.nextSize();
-	auto name = reinterpret_cast<char*>(ox_alloca(size + 1));
+	auto name = ox_malloca(size + 1, char);
 	it.next(name, size);
 	auto buff = m_fs->read(m_inodeId).template to<Buffer>();
 	for (auto i = buff->iterator(); i.hasNext(); i.next()) {
 		auto data = i->data();
-		if (data.valid() && data->name == name) {
+		if (data.valid() && data->name == name.get()) {
 			retval = static_cast<InodeId_t>(data->inode);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/new.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/new.hpp
index 1f61a3e1..b1247946 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/new.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/new.hpp
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 void *operator new(std::size_t, void*) noexcept;
 
 
-namespace ox {
-
-constexpr auto MallocaStackLimit = 1024;
-
-}
-
 /**
  * @return an ox::MallocaPtr of the given type pointing to the requested size memory allocation
  */
@@ -44,6 +38,8 @@ constexpr auto MallocaStackLimit = 1024;
 
 namespace ox {
 
+constexpr auto MallocaStackLimit = 1024;
+
 /**
  * MallocaPtr will automatically cleanup the pointed to address upon
  * destruction if the size of the allocation is greater than MallocaStackLimit.