diff --git a/benchmarks/warm_benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/warm_benchmark.cpp
index d7a4a94..68ed242 100644
--- a/benchmarks/warm_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/warm_benchmark.cpp
@@ -75,19 +75,34 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
   // in.register_memory(executor._state.pd(), IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE);
   // out.register_memory(executor._state.pd(), IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE | IBV_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE);
 
+
   // Sample: test demonstrating allocation with our custom allocator.
   rfaas::RdmaInfo info_in(executor,IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE,rdmalib::functions::Submission::DATA_HEADER_SIZE);
   rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>> allocator_in{info_in};
-  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* in = allocator_in.allocate(opts.input_size);
+  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* in0 = allocator_in.allocate(opts.input_size);
+  allocator_in.construct(in0, opts.input_size, rdmalib::functions::Submission::DATA_HEADER_SIZE);
 
   rfaas::RdmaInfo info_out(executor,(IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE| IBV_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE));
   rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>> allocator_out{info_out};
-  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* out = allocator_out.allocate(opts.input_size);
+  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* out0 = allocator_out.allocate(opts.input_size);
+  allocator_out.construct(out0, opts.input_size);
 
   // Sample: test demonstrating allocation with std::vector.
-  //  rfaas::RdmaInfo info_v(executor,(IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE| IBV_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE));
-  //  rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>> allocator_v{info_v};
-  //  std::vector<rdmalib::Buffer<char>, rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>>> v(allocator_v);
+  rfaas::RdmaInfo info_v_in(executor,IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE, rdmalib::functions::Submission::DATA_HEADER_SIZE);
+  rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>> allocator_v_in{info_v_in};
+  std::vector<rdmalib::Buffer<char>, rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>>> v_in(allocator_v_in);
+
+  rfaas::RdmaInfo info_v_out(executor,(IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE| IBV_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE));
+  rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>> allocator_v_out{info_v_out};
+  std::vector<rdmalib::Buffer<char>, rfaas::RdmaAllocator<rdmalib::Buffer<char>>> v_out(allocator_v_out);
+  //  allocator_out.construct(out, opts.input_size);
+
+  v_in.push_back({static_cast<size_t>(opts.input_size),rdmalib::functions::Submission::DATA_HEADER_SIZE});
+  v_out.push_back({static_cast<size_t>(opts.input_size)});
+
+  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* in = &v_in[0];
+  rdmalib::Buffer<char>* out = &v_out[0];
+
 
 
   // TODO: Since the for loop writes a value of 1 to each byte of the in buffer,
@@ -132,5 +147,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
     printf("%d ", ((char*)out->data())[i]);
   printf("\n");
 
+//  std::free(&v_in);
+//  std::free(&v_out);
+//  v_in.get_allocator().deallocate(&v_in[0],opts.input_size);
+//  v_out.get_allocator().deallocate(&v_out[0],opts.input_size);
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/rfaas/include/rfaas/rdma_allocator.hpp b/rfaas/include/rfaas/rdma_allocator.hpp
index 1691b03..7d8a6aa 100644
--- a/rfaas/include/rfaas/rdma_allocator.hpp
+++ b/rfaas/include/rfaas/rdma_allocator.hpp
@@ -31,21 +31,33 @@ namespace rfaas {
     inline explicit RdmaAllocator(RdmaInfo& info) noexcept: _info(info) {}
 
     template<class U>
-    constexpr RdmaAllocator(const RdmaAllocator<U> &) noexcept {}
+    constexpr explicit RdmaAllocator(const RdmaAllocator<U> &) noexcept {}
 
     [[nodiscard]] inline T *allocate(const size_t &size) {
       if (size > std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max() / sizeof(T))
         throw std::bad_array_new_length();
 
-      // Maybe we could directly call the memset function here
-      if (auto buffer = new rdmalib::Buffer<char>(size, _info.header_size)) {
-        report(buffer, size);
-        buffer->register_memory(_info.executor._state.pd(), _info.access);
-        return buffer;
+      if (auto p = static_cast<T*>(std::malloc(size * sizeof(T) + _info.header_size)))
+      {
+        report(p, size  * sizeof(T) + _info.header_size);
+        return p;
       }
+//      // Maybe we could directly call the memset function here
+//      if (auto buffer = new rdmalib::Buffer<char>(size, _info.header_size)) {
+//        report(buffer, size);
+//        buffer->register_memory(_info.executor._state.pd(), _info.access);
+//        return buffer;
+//      }
       throw std::bad_alloc();
     }
 
+    template <typename U, typename... Args>
+    void construct(U* p, Args&&... args) {
+      ::new(p) U(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+//      ::new(static_cast<void*>(p)) U(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+      p->register_memory(_info.executor._state.pd(), _info.access);
+    }
+
     inline void deallocate(T *p, std::size_t size) noexcept {
       report(p, size, 0);
       p->~T();
@@ -54,8 +66,8 @@ namespace rfaas {
   private:
     const RdmaInfo &_info;
 
-    void report(T *p, std::size_t n, bool alloc = true) const {
-      std::cout << (alloc ? "Alloc: " : "Dealloc: ") << sizeof(T) * n
+    void report(T *p, std::size_t size, bool alloc = true) const {
+      std::cout << (alloc ? "Alloc: " : "Dealloc: ") << size
                 << " bytes at " << std::hex << std::showbase
                 << reinterpret_cast<void *>(p) << std::dec << '\n';
     }