diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 99465935..59a7e4e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hbbytecode"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -21,7 +15,6 @@ name = "hblang"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hbvm",
- "regalloc2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -54,28 +47,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regalloc2"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/jakubDoka/regalloc2.git#34d8424a0d74746d231a96239fdb32e3d5ec0245"
-dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
- "rustc-hash",
- "smallvec",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "583034fd73374156e66797ed8e5b0d5690409c9226b22d87cb7f19821c05d152"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.13.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/hblang/Cargo.toml b/hblang/Cargo.toml
index 3bf150b7..ee487b48 100644
--- a/hblang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hblang/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 hbvm = { path = "../hbvm", features = ["nightly"] }
-regalloc2 = { git = "https://github.com/jakubDoka/regalloc2.git" }
diff --git a/hblang/README.md b/hblang/README.md
index fa156230..d58e63f6 100644
--- a/hblang/README.md
+++ b/hblang/README.md
@@ -317,8 +317,12 @@ fib_iter := fn(n: int): int {
 #### arrays
 ```hb
 main := fn(): int {
+	addr := @as(u16, 0x1FF)
+	msg := [u8].(0, 0, @as(u8, addr & 0xFF), @as(u8, addr >> 8 & 0xFF))
+	_force_stack := &msg
+
 	arr := [int].(1, 2, 4)
-	return pass(&arr)
+	return pass(&arr) + msg[3]
 }
 
 pass := fn(arr: ^[int; 3]): int {
diff --git a/hblang/src/codegen.rs b/hblang/src/codegen.rs
index 8f75b86b..669921d8 100644
--- a/hblang/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/hblang/src/codegen.rs
@@ -1677,7 +1677,11 @@ impl Codegen {
 
         Some(match ctx.loc {
             Some(dest) => {
-                self.store_typed(value.loc, dest, value.ty);
+                self.store_sized(
+                    value.loc,
+                    dest,
+                    self.tys.size_of(ctx.ty.unwrap_or(value.ty)).min(self.tys.size_of(value.ty)),
+                );
                 Value { ty: value.ty, loc: Loc::ct(0) }
             }
             None => value,
diff --git a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_arrays.txt b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_arrays.txt
index a665fc62..270c21c5 100644
--- a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_arrays.txt
+++ b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_arrays.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,40 @@
 main:
-    ADDI64 r254, r254, -40d
-    ST r31, r254, 24a, 16h
-    LI64 r32, 1d
-    ST r32, r254, 0a, 8h
-    LI64 r32, 2d
-    ST r32, r254, 8a, 8h
-    LI64 r32, 4d
-    ST r32, r254, 16a, 8h
+    ADDI64 r254, r254, -68d
+    ST r31, r254, 28a, 40h
+    LI64 r32, 511d
+    LI64 r33, 0d
+    ST r33, r254, 24a, 1h
+    LI64 r33, 0d
+    ST r33, r254, 25a, 1h
+    CP r33, r32
+    ANDI r33, r33, 255d
+    ST r33, r254, 26a, 1h
+    SRUI16 r32, r32, 8b
+    ANDI r32, r32, 255d
+    ST r32, r254, 27a, 1h
+    CP r32, r0
+    LD r32, r254, 24a, 4h
+    ST r32, r254, 0a, 4h
     ADDI64 r32, r254, 0d
-    CP r2, r32
+    LI64 r33, 1d
+    ST r33, r254, 4a, 8h
+    LI64 r33, 2d
+    ST r33, r254, 12a, 8h
+    LI64 r33, 4d
+    ST r33, r254, 20a, 8h
+    ADDI64 r33, r254, 4d
+    CP r2, r33
     JAL r31, r0, :pass
-    LD r31, r254, 24a, 16h
-    ADDI64 r254, r254, 40d
+    CP r33, r1
+    ADDI64 r34, r254, 0d
+    LI64 r35, 3d
+    ADD64 r34, r34, r35
+    CP r35, r0
+    LD r35, r34, 0a, 1h
+    SXT8 r35, r35
+    ADD64 r1, r33, r35
+    LD r31, r254, 28a, 40h
+    ADDI64 r254, r254, 68d
     JALA r0, r31, 0a
 pass:
     ADDI64 r254, r254, -40d
@@ -40,6 +63,6 @@ pass:
     LD r31, r254, 0a, 40h
     ADDI64 r254, r254, 40d
     JALA r0, r31, 0a
-code size: 378
-ret: 7
+code size: 580
+ret: 8
 status: Ok(())