diff --git a/projects/core/src/instance/gryphn_instance.c b/projects/core/src/instance/gryphn_instance.c
index 29a0084..30ebd37 100644
--- a/projects/core/src/instance/gryphn_instance.c
+++ b/projects/core/src/instance/gryphn_instance.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gnReturnCode gnCreateInstance(gnInstanceHandle* instance, gnInstanceCreateInfo*
     (*instance)->hasDebugger = GN_FALSE;
     (*instance)->layers = loaderLayerArrayListCreate();
 
-    loaderLayerArrayListAdd(&(*instance)->layers, loadLayer((loaderInfo){
+    loaderLayerArrayListAdd((*instance)->layers, loadLayer((loaderInfo){
         .api = info->coreAPI,
         .layerToLoad = api_layer
     }));
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ gnReturnCode gnCreateInstance(gnInstanceHandle* instance, gnInstanceCreateInfo*
     gnBool unsupportedExtension = GN_FALSE;
     for (int c = 0; c < GN_EXT_MAX; c++) (*instance)->enabledExtensions[c] = GN_FALSE;
     for (int c = 0; c < GN_LAYER_MAX; c++) (*instance)->enabledLayerCounts[c] = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < info->extensionCount; i++) {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < info->extensionCount; i++) {
         (*instance)->enabledExtensions[info->extensions[i]] = GN_TRUE;
         if (!gnIsExtensionSuppoted(info->coreAPI, info->extensions[i])) unsupportedExtension = GN_TRUE;
     }
 
-    if ((*instance)->enabledExtensions[GN_EXT_SYNCHRONIZATION]) (*instance)->layers.data[0].syncFunctions = loadAPISyncFunctions(info->coreAPI);
-    if ((*instance)->enabledExtensions[GN_EXT_QUEUES]) (*instance)->layers.data[0].queueFunctions = loadAPIQueueFunctions(info->coreAPI);
+    // if ((*instance)->enabledExtensions[GN_EXT_SYNCHRONIZATION]) (*instance)->layers.data[0].syncFunctions = loadAPISyncFunctions(info->coreAPI);
+    // if ((*instance)->enabledExtensions[GN_EXT_QUEUES]) (*instance)->layers.data[0].queueFunctions = loadAPIQueueFunctions(info->coreAPI);
 
     if (info->debuggerInfo.layerCount > 0) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < info->debuggerInfo.layerCount; i++) {
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < info->debuggerInfo.layerCount; i++) {
             (*instance)->enabledLayerCounts[info->debuggerInfo.layers[i]]++;
 
             if (info->debuggerInfo.layers[i] == GN_DEBUGGER_LAYER_FUNCTIONS) {
-                loaderLayerArrayListAdd(&(*instance)->layers, loadLayer((loaderInfo){
+                loaderLayerArrayListAdd((*instance)->layers, loadLayer((loaderInfo){
                     .api = info->coreAPI,
                     .layerToLoad = function_checker_layer
                 }));
@@ -52,15 +52,16 @@ gnReturnCode gnCreateInstance(gnInstanceHandle* instance, gnInstanceCreateInfo*
     ));
 
     int layerIDX = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < info->debuggerInfo.layerCount; i++) {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < info->debuggerInfo.layerCount; i++) {
         if (info->debuggerInfo.layers[i] == GN_DEBUGGER_LAYER_FUNCTIONS) (*instance)->allLayers[layerIDX++] = checkerLoadInstanceFunctions();
         (*instance)->allLayers[layerIDX - 1].next = &(*instance)->allLayers[layerIDX];
     }
     (*instance)->allLayers[layerIDX] = gryphnLoadAPILayer(info->coreAPI);
     (*instance)->functions = &(*instance)->allLayers[0];
-    (*instance)->currentLayer = ((*instance)->layers.count - 1);
-    for (int i = 0; i < (*instance)->layers.count; i++) (*instance)->layers.data[i].layerIndex = i;
-    (*instance)->callingLayer = &(*instance)->layers.data[(*instance)->layers.count - 1];
+
+    resetLayer(*instance);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < loaderLayerArrayListCount((*instance)->layers); i++) loaderLayerArrayListRefAt((*instance)->layers, i)->layerIndex = i;
+    (*instance)->callingLayer = loaderLayerArrayListRefAt((*instance)->layers, (*instance)->currentLayer);
     if (unsupportedExtension) return GN_UNLOADED_EXTENSION;
     return (*instance)->functions->createInstance(*instance, info, (*instance)->functions->next);
 }
diff --git a/projects/core/src/uniforms/gryphn_uniform_pool.c b/projects/core/src/uniforms/gryphn_uniform_pool.c
index d0bd999..c9c7019 100644
--- a/projects/core/src/uniforms/gryphn_uniform_pool.c
+++ b/projects/core/src/uniforms/gryphn_uniform_pool.c
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ gnReturnCode gnCreateUniformPool(gnUniformPool* pool, gnDeviceHandle device) {
 // you own this memory now
 gnUniformArrayList gnUniformPoolAllocateUniforms(gnUniformPool pool, gnUniformAllocationInfo allocInfo) {
     gnUniform* uniforms = pool->device->instance->callingLayer->deviceFunctions._gnUniformPoolAllocateUniforms(pool, allocInfo);
-    for (int i = 0; i < allocInfo.setCount; i++)
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < allocInfo.setCount; i++)
         uniforms[i]->pool = pool;
 
     gnUniformArrayList list = gnUniformArrayListCreate();
-    gnUniformArrayListResize(&list, allocInfo.setCount);
-    for (int i = 0; i < allocInfo.setCount; i++) list.data[i] = uniforms[i];
+    gnUniformArrayListResize(list, allocInfo.setCount);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < allocInfo.setCount; i++) *gnUniformArrayListRefAt(list, i) = uniforms[i];
     return list;
 }
 
diff --git a/projects/loader/src/gryphn_loader.c b/projects/loader/src/gryphn_loader.c
index bb8523e..26915ed 100644
--- a/projects/loader/src/gryphn_loader.c
+++ b/projects/loader/src/gryphn_loader.c
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ loaderLayer* loaderGetNextLayer(gnInstance instance) {
         nextLayer = 0;
         resetLayer(instance);
     }
-    return &instance->layers.data[nextLayer];
+    return loaderLayerArrayListRefAt(instance->layers, nextLayer);
 }
 
 void resetLayer(gnInstance instance) {
-    instance->currentLayer = (instance->layers.count - 1);
+    instance->currentLayer = loaderLayerArrayListCount(instance->layers) - 1;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/projects/utils b/projects/utils
index b5f0d16..e3286f1 160000
--- a/projects/utils
+++ b/projects/utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b5f0d1641286155548abf933225e81bbc20239d1
+Subproject commit e3286f119d8debe0803503ffd16c6af71bf14980