diff --git a/src/recomp.cpp b/src/recomp.cpp
index dcec2bf..b3c1a5b 100644
--- a/src/recomp.cpp
+++ b/src/recomp.cpp
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ recomp_context context{};
 
 EXPORT extern "C" void init() {
     {
-        std::basic_ifstream<uint8_t> rom_file{ get_rom_name(), std::ios::binary };
+        std::ifstream rom_file{ get_rom_name(), std::ios::binary };
 
         size_t iobuf_size = 0x100000;
-        std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> iobuf = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(iobuf_size);
+        std::unique_ptr<char> iobuf = std::make_unique<char>(iobuf_size);
         rom_file.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(iobuf.get(), iobuf_size);
 
         if (!rom_file) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ EXPORT extern "C" void init() {
 
         rom = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(rom_size);
 
-        rom_file.read(rom.get(), rom_size);
+        rom_file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(rom.get()), rom_size);
 
         // TODO remove this
         // Modify the name in the rom header so RT64 doesn't find it