diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/component_storage.zig b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/component_storage.zig
index a2eb783..c92dbc0 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/component_storage.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/component_storage.zig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn ComponentStorage(comptime Component: type, comptime Entity: type) type {
 
         set: *SparseSet(Entity),
         instances: std.ArrayList(ComponentOrDummy),
-        allocator: ?*std.mem.Allocator,
+        allocator: ?std.mem.Allocator,
         /// doesnt really belong here...used to denote group ownership
         super: usize = 0,
         safeDeinit: fn (*Self) void,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn ComponentStorage(comptime Component: type, comptime Entity: type) type {
         update: Signal(Entity),
         destruction: Signal(Entity),
 
-        pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Self {
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
             var store = Self{
                 .set = SparseSet(Entity).initPtr(allocator),
                 .instances = undefined,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn ComponentStorage(comptime Component: type, comptime Entity: type) type {
             return store;
         }
 
-        pub fn initPtr(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
+        pub fn initPtr(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
             var store = allocator.create(Self) catch unreachable;
             store.set = SparseSet(Entity).initPtr(allocator);
             if (!is_empty_struct) {
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/handles.zig b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/handles.zig
index 67d1609..1039b5c 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/handles.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/handles.zig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub fn Handles(comptime HandleType: type, comptime IndexType: type, comptime Ver
         handles: []HandleType,
         append_cursor: IndexType = 0,
         last_destroyed: ?IndexType = null,
-        allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
         const invalid_id = std.math.maxInt(IndexType);
 
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ pub fn Handles(comptime HandleType: type, comptime IndexType: type, comptime Ver
             }
         };
 
-        pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Self {
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
             return initWithCapacity(allocator, 32);
         }
 
-        pub fn initWithCapacity(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, capacity: usize) Self {
+        pub fn initWithCapacity(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, capacity: usize) Self {
             return Self{
                 .handles = allocator.alloc(HandleType, capacity) catch unreachable,
                 .allocator = allocator,
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/registry.zig b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/registry.zig
index d982658..2ce4895 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/registry.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/registry.zig
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub const Registry = struct {
     contexts: std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize),
     groups: std.ArrayList(*GroupData),
     singletons: TypeStore,
-    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
     /// internal, persistant data structure to manage the entities in a group
     pub const GroupData = struct {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub const Registry = struct {
         registry: *Registry,
         current: usize,
 
-        pub fn initPtr(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, registry: *Registry, hash: u64, owned: []u32, include: []u32, exclude: []u32) *GroupData {
+        pub fn initPtr(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, registry: *Registry, hash: u64, owned: []u32, include: []u32, exclude: []u32) *GroupData {
             // std.debug.assert(std.mem.indexOfAny(u32, owned, include) == null);
             // std.debug.assert(std.mem.indexOfAny(u32, owned, exclude) == null);
             // std.debug.assert(std.mem.indexOfAny(u32, include, exclude) == null);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub const Registry = struct {
             return group_data;
         }
 
-        pub fn deinit(self: *GroupData, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) void {
+        pub fn deinit(self: *GroupData, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
             // only deinit th SparseSet for non-owning groups
             if (self.owned.len == 0) {
                 self.entity_set.deinit();
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub const Registry = struct {
         }
     };
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Registry {
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Registry {
         return Registry{
             .handles = EntityHandles.init(allocator),
             .components = std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize).init(allocator),
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/sparse_set.zig b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/sparse_set.zig
index 3d2e3f9..e414528 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/sparse_set.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/sparse_set.zig
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ pub fn SparseSet(comptime SparseT: type) type {
         sparse: std.ArrayList(?[]SparseT),
         dense: std.ArrayList(SparseT),
         entity_mask: SparseT,
-        allocator: ?*std.mem.Allocator,
+        allocator: ?std.mem.Allocator,
 
-        pub fn initPtr(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
+        pub fn initPtr(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
             var set = allocator.create(Self) catch unreachable;
             set.sparse = std.ArrayList(?[]SparseT).initCapacity(allocator, 16) catch unreachable;
             set.dense = std.ArrayList(SparseT).initCapacity(allocator, 16) catch unreachable;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn SparseSet(comptime SparseT: type) type {
             return set;
         }
 
-        pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Self {
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
             return Self{
                 .sparse = std.ArrayList(?[]SparseT).init(allocator),
                 .dense = std.ArrayList(SparseT).init(allocator),
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ pub fn SparseSet(comptime SparseT: type) type {
         pub fn contains(self: Self, sparse: SparseT) bool {
             const curr = self.page(sparse);
             return curr < self.sparse.items.len and
-             self.sparse.items[curr] != null and
-              self.sparse.items[curr].?[self.offset(sparse)] != std.math.maxInt(SparseT);
+                self.sparse.items[curr] != null and
+                self.sparse.items[curr].?[self.offset(sparse)] != std.math.maxInt(SparseT);
         }
 
         /// Returns the position of an entity in a sparse set
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/type_store.zig b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/type_store.zig
index 8a78929..96b801c 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/ecs/type_store.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/ecs/type_store.zig
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ const utils = @import("utils.zig");
 /// stores a single object of type T for each T added
 pub const TypeStore = struct {
     map: std.AutoHashMap(u32, []u8),
-    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) TypeStore {
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) TypeStore {
         return TypeStore{
             .map = std.AutoHashMap(u32, []u8).init(allocator),
             .allocator = allocator,
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/process/process.zig b/zig-ecs/src/process/process.zig
index d4ab365..46d7dda 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/process/process.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/process/process.zig
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ const std = @import("std");
 /// Processes are run by the Scheduler. They use a similar pattern to Allocators in that they are created and
 /// added as fields in a parent struct, your actual process that will be run.
 pub const Process = struct {
-    const State = enum(u8) {
-        uninitialized, running, paused, succeeded, failed, aborted, finished
-    };
+    const State = enum(u8) { uninitialized, running, paused, succeeded, failed, aborted, finished };
 
     updateFn: fn (self: *Process) void,
     startFn: ?fn (self: *Process) void = null,
     abortedFn: ?fn (self: *Process) void = null,
     failedFn: ?fn (self: *Process) void = null,
     succeededFn: ?fn (self: *Process) void = null,
-    deinit: fn (self: *Process, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) void = undefined,
+    deinit: fn (self: *Process, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void = undefined,
 
     state: State = .uninitialized,
     stopped: bool = false,
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/process/scheduler.zig b/zig-ecs/src/process/scheduler.zig
index d0ebca2..9d316e7 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/process/scheduler.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/process/scheduler.zig
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ const Process = @import("process.zig").Process;
 /// - in any callback you can get your oiginal struct back via `process.getParent(@This())`
 pub const Scheduler = struct {
     processes: std.ArrayList(*Process),
-    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
     /// helper to create and prepare a process
-    fn createProcessHandler(comptime T: type, data: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) *Process {
+    fn createProcessHandler(comptime T: type, data: anytype, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) *Process {
         var proc = allocator.create(T) catch unreachable;
         proc.initialize(data);
 
         // get a closure so that we can safely deinit this later
         proc.process.deinit = struct {
-            fn deinit(process: *Process, alloc: *std.mem.Allocator) void {
+            fn deinit(process: *Process, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) void {
                 if (process.next) |next_process| {
                     next_process.deinit(next_process, alloc);
                 }
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ pub const Scheduler = struct {
     /// returned when appending a process so that sub-processes can be added to the process
     const Continuation = struct {
         process: *Process,
-        allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
-        pub fn init(process: *Process, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Continuation {
+        pub fn init(process: *Process, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Continuation {
             return .{ .process = process, .allocator = allocator };
         }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub const Scheduler = struct {
         }
     };
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Scheduler {
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Scheduler {
         return .{
             .processes = std.ArrayList(*Process).init(allocator),
             .allocator = allocator,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub const Scheduler = struct {
         return Continuation.init(process, self.allocator);
     }
 
-    fn updateProcess(process: **Process, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) bool {
+    fn updateProcess(process: **Process, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) bool {
         const current_process = process.*;
         current_process.tick();
 
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/resources/assets.zig b/zig-ecs/src/resources/assets.zig
index 1502e7b..19121b6 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/resources/assets.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/resources/assets.zig
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ const Cache = @import("cache.zig").Cache;
 
 pub const Assets = struct {
     caches: std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize),
-    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Assets {
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Assets {
         return Assets{
             .caches = std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize).init(allocator),
             .allocator = allocator,
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/resources/cache.zig b/zig-ecs/src/resources/cache.zig
index 802f104..f1ad407 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/resources/cache.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/resources/cache.zig
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ pub fn Cache(comptime T: type) type {
 
         safe_deinit: fn (*@This()) void,
         resources: std.AutoHashMap(u32, *T),
-        allocator: ?*std.mem.Allocator = null,
+        allocator: ?std.mem.Allocator = null,
 
-        pub fn initPtr(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) *@This() {
+        pub fn initPtr(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) *@This() {
             var cache = allocator.create(@This()) catch unreachable;
             cache.safe_deinit = struct {
                 fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn Cache(comptime T: type) type {
             return cache;
         }
 
-        pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) @This() {
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) @This() {
             return .{
                 .safe_deinit = struct {
                     fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/signals/dispatcher.zig b/zig-ecs/src/signals/dispatcher.zig
index 15d3daf..265fff9 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/signals/dispatcher.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/signals/dispatcher.zig
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ const utils = @import("../ecs/utils.zig");
 
 pub const Dispatcher = struct {
     signals: std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize),
-    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Dispatcher {
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Dispatcher {
         return Dispatcher{
             .signals = std.AutoHashMap(u32, usize).init(allocator),
             .allocator = allocator,
diff --git a/zig-ecs/src/signals/signal.zig b/zig-ecs/src/signals/signal.zig
index 4f51c55..2349f89 100644
--- a/zig-ecs/src/signals/signal.zig
+++ b/zig-ecs/src/signals/signal.zig
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ pub fn Signal(comptime Event: type) type {
         const Self = @This();
 
         calls: std.ArrayList(Delegate(Event)),
-        allocator: ?*std.mem.Allocator = null,
+        allocator: ?std.mem.Allocator = null,
 
-        pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Self {
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Self {
             // we purposely do not store the allocator locally in this case so we know not to destroy ourself in deint!
             return Self{
                 .calls = std.ArrayList(Delegate(Event)).init(allocator),
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn Signal(comptime Event: type) type {
         }
 
         /// heap allocates a Signal
-        pub fn create(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
+        pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) *Self {
             var signal = allocator.create(Self) catch unreachable;
             signal.calls = std.ArrayList(Delegate(Event)).init(allocator);
             signal.allocator = allocator;