diff --git a/src/interrupts.rs b/src/interrupts.rs
index be066b2..8044903 100644
--- a/src/interrupts.rs
+++ b/src/interrupts.rs
@@ -204,22 +204,28 @@ fn get_buffer(id: u64) -> Option<Box<[u8], &'static ASpaceMutex>> {
 static REGISTERD_PIDS: Lazy<RwLock<HashMap<u64, u64>>> = Lazy::new(|| RwLock::new(HashMap::new()));
 
 static INITRD_BUF: Lazy<&'static [u8]> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    #[warn(clippy::expect_used, reason = "FIXME")]
+    let ramdisk_start = BOOTINFO.ramdisk_addr.into_option().expect("initrd not present");
+    let ramdisk_len = BOOTINFO.ramdisk_len;
     let initrd = unsafe {
-        #[warn(clippy::expect_used, reason = "FIXME")]
-        let ramdisk_start = BOOTINFO.ramdisk_addr.into_option().expect("initrd not present");
-        let ramdisk_len = BOOTINFO.ramdisk_len;
         slice::from_raw_parts(
             ptr::with_exposed_provenance::<u8>(usize(ramdisk_start)),
             usize(ramdisk_len),
         )
     };
-    KERNEL_SPACE.lock().alloc_force_user = true;
-    let initrd = Box::leak(
-        Vec::with_capacity_in(initrd.len(), &*KERNEL_SPACE)
-            .tap_mut(|v| v.extend_from_slice(initrd))
-            .into_boxed_slice(),
-    );
-    KERNEL_SPACE.lock().alloc_force_user = false;
+    let initrd_start_page = Page::containing_address(VirtAddr::new(ramdisk_start));
+    let initrd_num_pages = usize(ramdisk_len.div_ceil(4096));
+    unsafe {
+        KERNEL_SPACE
+            .lock()
+            .update_flags(
+                initrd_start_page,
+                initrd_num_pages,
+                PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
+                PageTableFlags::empty(),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+    }
     initrd
 });
 
diff --git a/src/virtual_memory.rs b/src/virtual_memory.rs
index a477b8e..72d05c2 100644
--- a/src/virtual_memory.rs
+++ b/src/virtual_memory.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use x86_64::{
     registers::control::Cr3,
     structures::paging::{
         frame::PhysFrameRange,
-        mapper::{MapToError, MappedFrame, TranslateResult, UnmapError},
+        mapper::{FlagUpdateError, MapToError, MappedFrame, TranslateResult, UnmapError},
         page::PageRange,
         FrameAllocator, FrameDeallocator, Mapper, OffsetPageTable, Page, PageTable, PageTableFlags,
         PhysFrame, Size4KiB, Translate,
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ impl From<UnmapError> for PagingError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<FlagUpdateError> for PagingError {
+    fn from(err: FlagUpdateError) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            FlagUpdateError::PageNotMapped => Self::PageNotMapped,
+            FlagUpdateError::ParentEntryHugePage => Self::ParentEntryHugePage,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // SAFETY: from_start_address_unchecked requires that the given address is page (4 KiB) aligned,
 // which means that the lower 12 bits are zero. We shift the page number left 12 bits, so the lower
 // 12 bits will always be zero.
@@ -696,6 +705,43 @@ impl AddressSpace {
         Ok(dest_range_start)
     }
 
+    pub unsafe fn update_flags(
+        &mut self,
+        page: Page,
+        num_pages: usize,
+        set_flags: PageTableFlags,
+        clear_flags: PageTableFlags,
+    ) -> Result<(), PagingError> {
+        self.check_request_valid(page, num_pages)?;
+        #[expect(
+            clippy::arithmetic_side_effects,
+            reason = "check_request_valid guarentees this won't overflow"
+        )]
+        for page in (PageRange { start: page, end: page + u64(num_pages) }) {
+            let TranslateResult::Mapped { frame: _, offset: 0, flags } =
+                self.mapper.translate(page.start_address())
+            else {
+                return Err(PagingError::PageNotMapped);
+            };
+            unsafe {
+                self.mapper.update_flags(page, (flags | set_flags) & !(clear_flags))?.flush();
+                self.mapper.set_flags_p3_entry(
+                    page,
+                    PageTableFlags::PRESENT
+                        | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE
+                        | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
+                )?.flush_all();
+                self.mapper.set_flags_p2_entry(
+                    page,
+                    PageTableFlags::PRESENT
+                        | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE
+                        | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
+                )?.flush_all();
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Finds a range of free pages and returns the starting page
     fn find_free_pages(&self, num_pages: usize) -> Result<Page, PagingError> {
         if num_pages == 0 {