diff --git a/src/ox/std/buffer.hpp b/src/ox/std/buffer.hpp
index eb3314203..bc8ffbb16 100644
--- a/src/ox/std/buffer.hpp
+++ b/src/ox/std/buffer.hpp
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ class BufferWriter {
 		}
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr auto data() const noexcept {
-			return &m_buff;
+		constexpr const auto &buff() const noexcept {
+			return m_buff;
 		}
 };