diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Time/Clock.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Time/Clock.hpp
index 4d995e23..a3c3b7e2 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Time/Clock.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Time/Clock.hpp
@@ -9,20 +9,61 @@
 
 namespace Aurora::Time
 {
+    struct tm
+    {
+        int tm_sec {};
+        int tm_min {};
+        int tm_hour {};
+        int tm_mday {1};
+        int tm_mon {};
+        int tm_year {70};
+        int tm_wday {};
+        int tm_yday {};
+        int tm_isdst {-1};
+
+        template<typename Dest_t>
+        void CopyTo(Dest_t &out) const
+        {
+            out.tm_sec = tm_sec;
+            out.tm_min = tm_min;
+            out.tm_hour = tm_hour;
+            out.tm_mday = tm_mday;
+            out.tm_mon = tm_mon;
+            out.tm_year = tm_year;
+            out.tm_wday = tm_wday;
+            out.tm_yday = tm_yday;
+            out.tm_isdst = tm_isdst;
+        }
+
+        template<typename In_t>
+        void CopyFrom(const In_t &in)
+        {
+            tm_sec = in.tm_sec;
+            tm_min = in.tm_min;
+            tm_hour = in.tm_hour;
+            tm_mday = in.tm_mday;
+            tm_mon = in.tm_mon;
+            tm_year = in.tm_year;
+            tm_wday = in.tm_wday;
+            tm_yday = in.tm_yday;
+            tm_isdst = in.tm_isdst;
+        }
+    };
+
     /**
         Converts milliseconds from the Aurora epoch to a civil timestamp structure
          similar to or of std::tm
 
         Range: 1900 -> 2001 +- 2^63-1 ms
     */
-    AUKN_SYM std::tm  ToCivilTime(AuInt64 time, bool UTC = true);
+    AUKN_SYM tm ToCivilTime(AuInt64 time, bool UTC = true);
 
     /**
         Converts civil time to milliseconds from the Aurora epoch
 
         Range: 1900 -> 2001 +- 2^63-1 ms
     */
-    AUKN_SYM AuInt64  FromCivilTime(const std::tm &time, bool UTC = true);
+    AUKN_SYM AuInt64  FromCivilTime(const tm &time, bool UTC = true);
 
     /**
         Retrieves system clock in jiffies
diff --git a/Source/Console/ConsoleMessage.cpp b/Source/Console/ConsoleMessage.cpp
index 620e77aa..c3b85a60 100644
--- a/Source/Console/ConsoleMessage.cpp
+++ b/Source/Console/ConsoleMessage.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ namespace Aurora::Console
 
     AuString ConsoleMessage::StringifyTime(bool simple) const
     {
-        tm localized;
+        std::tm localized;
 
-        localized = Aurora::Time::ToCivilTime(time, false);
+        Aurora::Time::ToCivilTime(time, false).CopyTo(localized);
 
         if (simple)
         {
diff --git a/Source/Crypto/X509/x509.cpp b/Source/Crypto/X509/x509.cpp
index e56ad162..ba3c7bf9 100644
--- a/Source/Crypto/X509/x509.cpp
+++ b/Source/Crypto/X509/x509.cpp
@@ -341,14 +341,14 @@ namespace Aurora::Crypto::X509
 
     static AuInt64 ConvertTime(const mbedtls_x509_time &time)
     {
-        std::tm tm = {};
+        AuTime::tm tm = {};
         tm.tm_year = time.year - 1900;
         tm.tm_mon  = time.mon - 1;
         tm.tm_mday = time.day;
         tm.tm_sec  = time.sec;
         tm.tm_min  = time.min;
         tm.tm_hour = time.hour;
-        return Aurora::Time::FromCivilTime(tm, true);
+        return AuTime::FromCivilTime(tm, true);
     }
 
     AUKN_SYM bool Decode(const Certificate &der, DecodedCertificate &out)
diff --git a/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp b/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
index fd74783c..a9896ecb 100644
--- a/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
+++ b/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
         // ideally we should page align.
         // i think mimalloc has fast paths with warnings for overly large passthrough allocations. unsure. 
         // 32 alignment in the fastest way mimalloc can provide us memory seems adequate
+        // it's very easy for mimalloc to seethe at larger allocations, but it does have slowpaths to handle them
         return Memory::FAlloc<void *>(length, 32); 
     #endif
     }
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
         mutex_ = AuThreadPrimitives::MutexUnique();
         if (!mutex_) return false;
 
-        base_ = Memory::FAlloc<void *>(length);
+        base_ = HeapLargeAllocate(length);
         if (!base_) return false;
 
         heap_ = o1heapInit(base_, length,
diff --git a/Source/Process/Paths.cpp b/Source/Process/Paths.cpp
index e1d94741..40154654 100644
--- a/Source/Process/Paths.cpp
+++ b/Source/Process/Paths.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Process
         }
     
         path.resize(std::strlen(path.c_str()));
-        splitter = '\\';
+        splitter = '/';
     
     #elif defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
 
diff --git a/Source/Time/Clock.cpp b/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
index 9e58820d..92848179 100644
--- a/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
+++ b/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Time
         return frequency = static_cast<double>(high_res_clock::period::den) / static_cast<double>(high_res_clock::period::num);
     }
 
-    AUKN_SYM std::tm ToCivilTime(AuInt64 time, bool UTC)
+    AUKN_SYM tm ToCivilTime(AuInt64 time, bool UTC)
     {
         std::tm ret{};
         auto timet = MSToCTime(time);
@@ -220,18 +220,21 @@ namespace Aurora::Time
             #endif
             {
                 LogWarn("Couldn't convert local civil time");
-                ret = ToCivilTime(time, true);
+                return ToCivilTime(time, true);
             }
         }
-        //ret.tm_isdst = 0;
-        return ret;
+        tm _;
+        _.CopyFrom(ret);
+        return _;
     }
 
-    AUKN_SYM AuInt64 FromCivilTime(const std::tm &time, bool UTC)
+    AUKN_SYM AuInt64 FromCivilTime(const tm &time, bool UTC)
     {
-        auto tm = time;
+        ::tm tm;
         time_t timet;
         
+        time.CopyTo(tm);
+
         if (UTC)
         {
             tm.tm_isdst = 0;