diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 3c4bfbd..40b9223 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ManualMemory"
 uuid = "d125e4d3-2237-4719-b19c-fa641b8a4667"
 authors = ["chriselrod <elrodc@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.5"
diff --git a/src/ManualMemory.jl b/src/ManualMemory.jl
index 861255c..5f41426 100644
--- a/src/ManualMemory.jl
+++ b/src/ManualMemory.jl
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ end
 
 @inline store!(p::Ptr{T}, v) where {T} = store!(p, convert(T, v))
 
-mutable struct Reference{T}; data::T; end
+mutable struct Reference{T}
+    data::T
+
+    Reference{T}() where {T} = new()
+    Reference{T}(x) where {T} = new(x)
+end
 @inline load(p::Ptr{Reference{T}}) where {T} = getfield(ccall(:jl_value_ptr, Ref{Reference{T}}, (Ptr{Cvoid},), unsafe_load(Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{Ptr{Cvoid}}, p))), :data)
 @inline dereference(r::Reference) = getfield(r, :data)
 @inline dereference(x) = x