diff --git a/hosts/fuzz/Makefile b/hosts/fuzz/Makefile
index 92e0b93..3ba5ade 100644
--- a/hosts/fuzz/Makefile
+++ b/hosts/fuzz/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TOPDIR=../..
 all:
-	afl-clang-fast -g3 -fsanitize=address,undefined -Wall -DUVM32_MEMORY_SIZE=8388608 -I${TOPDIR}/uvm32 -I${TOPDIR}/common -o host-fuzz ${TOPDIR}/uvm32/uvm32.c fuzz.c
+	afl-clang-fast -g3 -fsanitize=address,undefined -Wall -DUVM32_MEMORY_SIZE=4096 -I${TOPDIR}/uvm32 -I${TOPDIR}/common -o host-fuzz ${TOPDIR}/uvm32/uvm32.c fuzz.c
 	afl-fuzz -i${TOPDIR}/precompiled -oo ./host-fuzz
 
 clean:
diff --git a/hosts/fuzz/fuzz.c b/hosts/fuzz/fuzz.c
index 9d2cb94..08fae0a 100644
--- a/hosts/fuzz/fuzz.c
+++ b/hosts/fuzz/fuzz.c
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ __AFL_FUZZ_INIT();
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     __AFL_INIT();
-    uvm32_state_t vmst;
     uvm32_evt_t evt;
 
-    uvm32_init(&vmst);
-    unsigned char *rom = __AFL_FUZZ_TESTCASE_BUF;
-    while (__AFL_LOOP(10000)) {
-        uvm32_load(&vmst, rom, __AFL_FUZZ_TESTCASE_LEN);
-        uvm32_run(&vmst, &evt, 1000);
+    uvm32_state_t *vmst = malloc(sizeof(uvm32_state_t));
+
+    while (__AFL_LOOP(100000)) {
+        memset(vmst, 0x00, sizeof(uvm32_state_t));
+        uvm32_init(vmst);
+        unsigned char *rom = __AFL_FUZZ_TESTCASE_BUF;
+        uvm32_load(vmst, rom, __AFL_FUZZ_TESTCASE_LEN);
+        memset(&evt, 0x00, sizeof(evt));
+        for (int i=0;i<10;i++) {
+            uvm32_run(vmst, &evt, 1000);
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/precompiled/self.bin b/precompiled/self.bin
index b59ef39..531f49e 100755
Binary files a/precompiled/self.bin and b/precompiled/self.bin differ
diff --git a/uvm32/uvm32.c b/uvm32/uvm32.c
index 7b982e4..ca57642 100644
--- a/uvm32/uvm32.c
+++ b/uvm32/uvm32.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ uint32_t uvm32_run(uvm32_state_t *vmst, uvm32_evt_t *evt, uint32_t instr_meter)
     while(vmst->_status == UVM32_STATUS_RUNNING && instr_meter > 0) {
         uint64_t elapsedUs = 1;
         uint32_t ret;
+
         ret = MiniRV32IMAStep(vmst, &vmst->_core, vmst->_memory, elapsedUs, 1);
         instr_meter--;
     
@@ -420,22 +421,22 @@ uint32_t _uvm32_extramLoad(void *userdata, uint32_t addr, uint32_t accessTyp) {
             // Any other value will have caused UVM32_ERR_INTERNAL_CORE
             switch(accessTyp) {
                 case 0:
-                    return ((int8_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr];
+                    return _uvm32_load1s(vmst->_extram, addr);
                 break;
                 case 1:
-                    return ((int16_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr/2];
+                    return _uvm32_load2s(vmst->_extram, addr);
                 break;
                 case 2:
-                    return ((uint32_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr / 4];
+                    return _uvm32_load4(vmst->_extram, addr);
                 break;
                 case 5:
-                    return ((uint16_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr/2];
+                    return _uvm32_load2(vmst->_extram, addr);
                 break;
                 // have a default case to keep coverage check happy
                 // no other values are possible here
                 default:    // fall through
                 case 4:
-                    return ((uint8_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr];
+                    return _uvm32_load1(vmst->_extram, addr);
                 break;
 
             }
@@ -454,15 +455,15 @@ uint32_t _uvm32_extramStore(void *userdata, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, uint32_
         if (addr < vmst->_extramLen) {
             switch(accessTyp) {
                 case 1:
-                    ((uint16_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr/2] = val;
+                    _uvm32_store2(vmst->_extram, addr, val);
                 break;
                 case 2:
-                    ((uint32_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr/4] = val;
+                    _uvm32_store4(vmst->_extram, addr, val);
                 break;
                 // no other values are valid here and will be stopped above
                 default: // fall through
                 case 0:
-                    ((uint8_t *)vmst->_extram)[addr] = val;
+                    _uvm32_store1(vmst->_extram, addr, val);
                 break;
             }
             vmst->_extramDirty = true;
@@ -490,3 +491,35 @@ uint32_t uvm32_getProgramCounter(const uvm32_state_t *vmst) {
     return vmst->_core.pc;
 }
 
+// Access of memory bus in alignment safe way
+void _uvm32_store4(void *p, uint32_t off, uint32_t val) {
+    UVM32_MEMCPY((uint8_t *)p + off, &val, 4);
+}
+void _uvm32_store2(void *p, uint32_t off, uint16_t val) {
+    UVM32_MEMCPY((uint8_t *)p + off, &val, 2);
+}
+void _uvm32_store1(void *p, uint32_t off, uint8_t val) {
+    ((uint8_t *)p)[off] = val;
+}
+uint32_t _uvm32_load4(void *p, uint32_t off) {
+    uint32_t v;
+    UVM32_MEMCPY(&v, (uint8_t *)p + off, 4);
+    return v;
+}
+uint16_t _uvm32_load2(void *p, uint32_t off) {
+    uint16_t v;
+    UVM32_MEMCPY(&v, (uint8_t *)p + off, 2);
+    return v;
+}
+uint8_t _uvm32_load1(void *p, uint32_t off) {
+    return ((uint8_t *)p)[off];
+}
+int16_t _uvm32_load2s(void *p, uint32_t off) {
+    int16_t v;
+    UVM32_MEMCPY(&v, (uint8_t *)p + off, 2);
+    return v;
+}
+int8_t _uvm32_load1s(void *p, uint32_t off) {
+    return ((int8_t *)p)[off];
+}
+
diff --git a/uvm32/uvm32.h b/uvm32/uvm32.h
index e33613b..edb96dc 100644
--- a/uvm32/uvm32.h
+++ b/uvm32/uvm32.h
@@ -51,6 +51,23 @@ uint32_t _uvm32_extramLoad(void *userdata, uint32_t addr, uint32_t accessTyp);
 uint32_t _uvm32_extramStore(void *userdata, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, uint32_t accessTyp);
 #define MINIRV32_HANDLE_MEM_LOAD_CONTROL( addy, rval ) rval = _uvm32_extramLoad(userdata, addy, ( ir >> 12 ) & 0x7);
 #define MINIRV32_HANDLE_MEM_STORE_CONTROL( addy, val ) if( _uvm32_extramStore(userdata, addy, val, ( ir >> 12 ) & 0x7) ) return val;
+void _uvm32_store4(void *p, uint32_t off, uint32_t val);
+void _uvm32_store2(void *p, uint32_t off, uint16_t val);
+void _uvm32_store1(void *p, uint32_t off, uint8_t val);
+uint32_t _uvm32_load4(void *p, uint32_t off);
+uint16_t _uvm32_load2(void *p, uint32_t off);
+uint8_t _uvm32_load1(void *p, uint32_t off);
+int16_t _uvm32_load2s(void *p, uint32_t off);
+int8_t _uvm32_load1s(void *p, uint32_t off);
+#define MINIRV32_CUSTOM_MEMORY_BUS
+    #define MINIRV32_STORE4( ofs, val ) _uvm32_store4(image, ofs, val)
+    #define MINIRV32_STORE2( ofs, val ) _uvm32_store2(image, ofs, val)
+    #define MINIRV32_STORE1( ofs, val ) _uvm32_store1(image, ofs, val)
+    #define MINIRV32_LOAD4( ofs ) _uvm32_load4(image, ofs)
+    #define MINIRV32_LOAD2( ofs ) _uvm32_load2(image, ofs)
+    #define MINIRV32_LOAD1( ofs ) _uvm32_load1(image, ofs)
+    #define MINIRV32_LOAD2_SIGNED( ofs ) _uvm32_load2s(image, ofs)
+    #define MINIRV32_LOAD1_SIGNED( ofs ) _uvm32_load1s(image, ofs)
 #ifndef MINIRV32_IMPLEMENTATION
 #define MINIRV32_STEPPROTO
 #endif