diff --git a/src/arena.c b/src/arena.c
index 397ea15..0434b3e 100644
--- a/src/arena.c
+++ b/src/arena.c
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 
-
 #include "arena.h"
 #include "alloc_backend.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
 
 #define ARENA_SIZE ((size_t)(128*sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE)))
 
+
 /*
  * Allocates and returns new arena
  */
@@ -21,15 +20,15 @@ struct arena* arena_new()
     if (p == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    struct arena a = {
+    arena_t *a = (arena_t*)p;
+
+    *a = (arena_t){
         .begin = p + sizeof(struct arena),
         .next  = p + sizeof(struct arena),
         .cap   = size
     };
 
-    memcpy(p, &a, sizeof a);
-
-    return (struct arena*)p;
+    return (arena_t*)a;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/arena.h b/src/arena.h
index 7ba953e..13abd11 100644
--- a/src/arena.h
+++ b/src/arena.h
@@ -2,18 +2,17 @@
 #ifndef ARENA_H
 #define ARENA_H
 
-
 #include <stddef.h> // ptrdiff_t
 
-struct arena {
+typedef struct arena {
     unsigned char *begin,
                   *next;
     ptrdiff_t cap;
-};
+} arena_t;
 
-struct arena* arena_new();
-void arena_reset(struct arena *a);
-void* arena_alloc(struct arena *a, size_t len);
+arena_t* arena_new();
+void arena_reset(arena_t *a);
+void* arena_alloc(arena_t *a, size_t len);
 
 
 #endif