diff --git a/include/gp/ipc/envelope/cbor.hpp b/include/gp/ipc/envelope/cbor.hpp
index 818ce19..d23bda6 100644
--- a/include/gp/ipc/envelope/cbor.hpp
+++ b/include/gp/ipc/envelope/cbor.hpp
@@ -126,19 +126,19 @@ namespace gp {
 		} else if(norm_v < (1ll<<16ll)) {
 			endian_wrapper<uint16_t, endian::big> wrapper = norm_v;
 			src.push_back(header+25);
-			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes) {
+			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes()) {
 				src.push_back(byte);
 			}
 		} else if(norm_v < (1ll<<32ll)) {
 			endian_wrapper<uint32_t, endian::big> wrapper = norm_v;
 			src.push_back(header+26);
-			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes) {
+			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes()) {
 				src.push_back(byte);
 			}
 		} else {
 			endian_wrapper<uint64_t, endian::big> wrapper = norm_v;
 			src.push_back(header+27);
-			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes) {
+			for(auto byte : wrapper.bytes()) {
 				src.push_back(byte);
 			}
 		}
@@ -477,4 +477,3 @@ namespace gp {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/include/gp/math/boolean/bitops.hpp b/include/gp/math/boolean/bitops.hpp
index 9972742..5ffcf1b 100644
--- a/include/gp/math/boolean/bitops.hpp
+++ b/include/gp/math/boolean/bitops.hpp
@@ -29,35 +29,31 @@ T swap_endian(T value) noexcept {
 
 template<typename T, endian mode = endian::big>
 struct endian_wrapper {
+	T value = 0;
 
-	union {
-		T value;
-		gp::array<uint8_t, sizeof(T)> bytes;
-	};
-
-	endian_wrapper() noexcept
-	: value{0} {}
+	constexpr endian_wrapper() noexcept = default;
 
 	endian_wrapper(T v) noexcept
 	: value{adjust(v)} {}
 
-	endian_wrapper(const endian_wrapper& v) noexcept
-	: value{v.value} {}
-
 	endian_wrapper& operator=(T v) noexcept {
 		value = adjust(v);
 		return *this;
 	}
 
-	endian_wrapper& operator=(const endian_wrapper& v) noexcept {
-		value = v.value;
-		return *this;
-	}
-
 	operator T() const noexcept {
 		return adjust(value);
 	}
 
+	auto bytes() const noexcept -> gp::array<uint8_t, sizeof(T)> {
+		union {
+			T t;
+			gp::array<uint8_t, sizeof(T)> bytes;
+		} tmp {.t = value};
+
+		return tmp.bytes;
+	}
+
 	// arithmetic assignment operators
 
 	endian_wrapper& operator+=(T rhs) noexcept {