diff --git a/cpu/i386/kmalloc.c b/cpu/i386/kmalloc.c
index 8e657e8..ba5e217 100644
--- a/cpu/i386/kmalloc.c
+++ b/cpu/i386/kmalloc.c
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ void* kmalloc(uint32_t size) {
     set_bmap_bit(bmap_index+i);
   }
   uint32_t data_offset=(bmap_index*8)+8;
-  uint32_t* info=(void*)(((uint32_t)data)+data_offset-8);
+  uint32_t* info=(void*)(((char*)data)+data_offset-8);
   info[0]=num_4b_grps;
   info[1]=bmap_index;
-  return (void*)(((uint32_t)data)+data_offset);
+  return (void*)(((char*)data)+data_offset);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2.c b/fs/ext2.c
index 966d74c..aa37ccc 100644
--- a/fs/ext2.c
+++ b/fs/ext2.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ dir_entry* get_dir_listing(uint32_t inode_num,FILE* f,int num) {
     entries[num_entries_used].name[(int)current_entry->name_len]='\0';
     num_entries_used++;
     tot_size+=current_entry->rec_len;
-    current_entry=(ext2_dir_entry*)(((uint32_t)current_entry)+current_entry->rec_len);
+    current_entry=(ext2_dir_entry*)(((char*)current_entry)+current_entry->rec_len);
   }
   if(num_entries_used==max_len) {
     max_len+=1;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ ext2_dir_entry* read_dir_entry(uint32_t inode_num,uint32_t dir_entry_num,FILE* f
     }
     ent_num++;
     tot_size+=current_entry->rec_len;
-    current_entry=(ext2_dir_entry*)(((uint32_t)current_entry)+current_entry->rec_len);
+    current_entry=(ext2_dir_entry*)(((char*)current_entry)+current_entry->rec_len);
   }
   return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/libc/stdlib.c b/libc/stdlib.c
index 1251aa9..fc65750 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib.c
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ void* malloc(uint32_t size) {
     set_bmap_bit(entry.bitmap,bmap_index+i);
   }
   uint32_t data_offset=(bmap_index*8)+12;
-  uint32_t* info=(void*)(((uint32_t)entry.data_block)+data_offset-12);
+  uint32_t* info=(void*)(((char*)entry.data_block)+data_offset-12);
   info[0]=num_4b_grps;
   info[1]=bmap_index;
   info[2]=blk_indx;
   entry.avail_data_size-=size+12;
-  return (void*)(((uint32_t)entry.data_block)+data_offset);
+  return (void*)(((char*)entry.data_block)+data_offset);
 
 }