diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a4c7b20..5fbecfa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,31 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c041d3eab048880cb0b86b256447da3f18859a163c3b8d8893f4e6368abe6393"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck_derive"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aca418a974d83d40a0c1f0c5cba6ff4bc28d8df099109ca459a2118d40b6322"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "elven-parser"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
  "memmap2",
  "thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/elven-parser/Cargo.toml b/elven-parser/Cargo.toml
index 0c18b09..e5af80c 100644
--- a/elven-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/elven-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+bytemuck = { version = "1.13.0", features = ["derive", "min_const_generics"] }
 memmap2 = "0.5.8"
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
diff --git a/elven-parser/src/raw.rs b/elven-parser/src/raw.rs
index 620974c..6103d1f 100644
--- a/elven-parser/src/raw.rs
+++ b/elven-parser/src/raw.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
 
 use std::mem;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+use bytemuck::{Pod, PodCastError, Zeroable};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+
 pub struct Addr(u64);
-#[derive(Debug)]
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Offset(u64);
-#[derive(Debug)]
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Section(u16);
-#[derive(Debug)]
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Versym(u16);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct Elf<'a> {
     pub header: &'a ElfHeader,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Zeroable, Pod)]
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct ElfHeader {
     pub ident: [u8; 16],
@@ -46,6 +56,10 @@ pub struct ElfHeader {
     pub shstrndex: u16,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct Phdr {}
+
 impl<'a> Elf<'a> {
     pub fn parse(input: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, ElfParseError> {
         const HEADER_SIZE: usize = mem::size_of::<ElfHeader>();
@@ -55,19 +69,26 @@ impl<'a> Elf<'a> {
             return Err(ElfParseError::FileTooSmall(HEADER_SIZE, input.len()));
         }
 
-        let input_ptr = input as *const [u8];
+        let input_addr = input as *const [u8] as *const u8 as usize;
+        let input_align = input_addr.trailing_zeros() as usize;
 
-        let input_addr = input_ptr as *const u8 as usize;
-        let align = input_addr.trailing_zeros() as usize;
+        let input_header = &input[..HEADER_SIZE];
 
-        if align < HEADER_ALIGN {
-            return Err(ElfParseError::UnalignedInput(HEADER_ALIGN, align));
-        }
+        let header_slice = match bytemuck::try_cast_slice::<_, ElfHeader>(input_header) {
+            Ok(slice) => slice,
+            Err(
+                PodCastError::SizeMismatch
+                | PodCastError::OutputSliceWouldHaveSlop
+                | PodCastError::AlignmentMismatch,
+            ) => {
+                unreachable!()
+            }
+            Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) => {
+                return Err(ElfParseError::UnalignedInput(HEADER_ALIGN, input_align))
+            }
+        };
 
-        let header = input_ptr as *const ElfHeader;
-        // SAFETY: We checked that the size is enough. We checked that the alignment matches.
-        // ElfHeader is POD.
-        let header = unsafe { &*header };
+        let header = &header_slice[0];
 
         let magic = header.ident[..4].try_into().unwrap();
 
@@ -107,8 +128,6 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn rust_hello_world_bin() {
         let file = load_test_file("hello_world");
-        let elf = Elf::parse(&file).unwrap();
-        dbg!(elf);
-        panic!()
+        let _ = Elf::parse(&file).unwrap();
     }
 }