diff --git a/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/typeconv.hpp b/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/typeconv.hpp
index 44511143..e4b3729d 100644
--- a/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/typeconv.hpp
+++ b/src/olympic/keel/include/keel/typeconv.hpp
@@ -197,22 +197,17 @@ class ConverterFunc final: public BaseConverter {
 class Converter {
 	private:
 		ox::AllocAlias<BaseConverter> m_buff{};
-		BaseConverter *m_conv{};
 	public:
 		template<auto Func>
 		static Converter make() noexcept {
 			Converter out;
 			static_assert(sizeof(ConverterFunc<Func>) <= sizeof(out.m_buff));
-			out.m_conv = new (out.m_buff.data()) ConverterFunc<Func>{};
+			new (out.m_buff.data()) ConverterFunc<Func>{};
 			return out;
 		}
-		constexpr Converter() {}
-		Converter(Converter const &other) noexcept:
-			m_buff{other.m_buff},
-			m_conv{m_buff.data()} {}
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		BaseConverter const *converter() const noexcept {
-			return m_conv;
+		BaseConverter const &converter() const noexcept {
+			return *m_buff.data();
 		}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/olympic/keel/src/typeconv.cpp b/src/olympic/keel/src/typeconv.cpp
index cb96f957..2f3532dd 100644
--- a/src/olympic/keel/src/typeconv.cpp
+++ b/src/olympic/keel/src/typeconv.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ static ox::Result<BaseConverter const*> findConverter(
 		ox::StringViewCR dstTypeName,
 		int const dstTypeVersion) noexcept {
 	for (auto const&c : converters) {
-		if (c.converter()->matches(srcTypeName, srcTypeVersion, dstTypeName, dstTypeVersion)) {
-			return c.converter();
+		if (c.converter().matches(srcTypeName, srcTypeVersion, dstTypeName, dstTypeVersion)) {
+			return &c.converter();
 		}
 	}
 	return ox::Error{1, "Could not find converter"};
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ static ox::Result<ox::UPtr<Wrap>> convert(
 	}
 	// try to chain multiple converters
 	for (auto const&subConverter : converters) {
-		if (!subConverter.converter()->dstMatches(dstTypeName, dstTypeVersion)) {
+		if (!subConverter.converter().dstMatches(dstTypeName, dstTypeVersion)) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		const auto [intermediate, chainErr] =
 			convert(ctx, converters, src, srcTypeName, srcTypeVersion,
-			        subConverter.converter()->srcTypeName(), subConverter.converter()->srcTypeVersion());
+			        subConverter.converter().srcTypeName(), subConverter.converter().srcTypeVersion());
 		if (!chainErr) {
-			return subConverter.converter()->convertPtrToPtr(ctx, *intermediate);
+			return subConverter.converter().convertPtrToPtr(ctx, *intermediate);
 		}
 	}
 	return ox::Error{1, "Could not convert between types"};