diff --git a/source/coral.cpp b/source/coral.cpp
index 88ae7ba..6661ddf 100644
--- a/source/coral.cpp
+++ b/source/coral.cpp
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ export namespace coral {
 	/**
 	 * Returns `value` reinterpreted as a sequence of bytes.
 	 */
-	slice<u8 const> as_bytes(auto & value) {
-		return {reinterpret_cast<u8 const *>(&value), sizeof(value)};
+	slice<u8 const> as_bytes(auto const * value) {
+		return {reinterpret_cast<u8 const *>(value), sizeof(value)};
 	}
 
 	/**