diff --git a/include/blt/math/math.h b/include/blt/math/math.h
index e544ea4..7c2ff50 100755
--- a/include/blt/math/math.h
+++ b/include/blt/math/math.h
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ namespace blt {
         seed = (seed << 13) ^ seed;
         return ((seed * (seed * seed * 15731 + 789221) + 1376312589) & 0x7fffffff);
     }
-    
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-aliasing"
     /**
      * fast inverse sqrt
      */
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ namespace blt {
         y = y * (1.5f - (x * y * y));
         return y;
     }
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
     
     
     static inline constexpr double pow(int b, int p) {
diff --git a/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h b/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
index e41a4cd..d609280 100755
--- a/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
+++ b/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ namespace blt::nbt {
     
     std::string readUTF8String(std::fstream& stream);
     
+    // Used to grab the byte-data of any T element. Defaults to Big Endian, however can be configured to use little endian
+    template <typename T>
+    int toBytes(const T& in, char* out);
+    
+    // Used to cast the binary data of any T object, into a T object.
+    template <typename T>
+    int fromBytes(const char* in, T* out);
+    
+    
     enum class nbt_tag : char {
         END = 0,
         BYTE = 1,
@@ -33,8 +42,48 @@ namespace blt::nbt {
         LONG_ARRAY = 12
     };
     
-    void writeName(std::fstream& out, const std::string& name);
-    std::string readName(std::fstream& in);
+    class tag_t {
+        protected:
+            nbt_tag type;
+            std::string name;
+        public:
+            explicit tag_t(nbt_tag type): type(type) {};
+            explicit tag_t(nbt_tag type, std::string name): type(type), name(std::move(name)) {}
+            virtual void writePayload(std::fstream& out) = 0;
+            virtual void readPayload(std::fstream& in) = 0;
+            void writeName(std::fstream& out);
+            void readName(std::fstream& in);
+    };
+    
+    template<typename T>
+    class tag : public tag_t {
+        protected:
+            T t;
+        public:
+            explicit tag(nbt_tag type): tag_t(type) {};
+            explicit tag(nbt_tag type, std::string name): tag_t(type, std::move(name)) {}
+            [[nodiscard]] inline const T& get() const {return t;}
+            inline T& get() {return t;}
+    };
+    
+    class tag_end : public tag<char> {
+        public:
+            void writePayload(std::fstream& out) final;
+            // nothing to read
+            void readPayload(std::fstream&) final {}
+    };
+    
+    class tag_byte : public tag<char> {
+        public:
+            void writePayload(std::fstream& out) final;
+            void readPayload(std::fstream& in) final;
+    };
+    
+    class tag_short : public tag<int16_t> {
+        public:
+            void writePayload(std::fstream& out) final;
+            void readPayload(std::fstream& in) final;
+    };
     
     class NBTDecoder {
         private:
diff --git a/include/blt/std/logging.h b/include/blt/std/logging.h
index 995c8a4..c835b46 100755
--- a/include/blt/std/logging.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/logging.h
@@ -522,6 +522,11 @@ namespace blt::logging {
         
         applyCFormatting(withoutLn, out, args);
         
+        if (level == log_level::NONE){
+            std::cout << out << std::endl;
+            return;
+        }
+        
         std::string finalFormattedOutput = applyFormatString(out, level, file, line);
         
         if (loggingFormat.logToConsole)
diff --git a/src/blt/nbt/nbt.cpp b/src/blt/nbt/nbt.cpp
index 0a38e03..6ef144d 100755
--- a/src/blt/nbt/nbt.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/nbt/nbt.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  * See LICENSE file for license detail
  */
 #include <blt/nbt/nbt.h>
+#include <blt/std/logging.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <bit>
 
 namespace blt::nbt {
     void writeUTF8String(std::fstream& stream, const std::string& str) {
@@ -28,15 +31,60 @@ namespace blt::nbt {
         return strOut;
     }
     
-    void writeName(std::fstream& out, const std::string& name) {
+    template<typename T>
+    int toBytes(const T& in, char* const out) {
+        std::memcpy(out, (void*) &in, sizeof(T));
+        
+        if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little) {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(T) / 2; i++)
+                std::swap(out[i], out[sizeof(T) - 1 - i]);
+        }
+        
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    template<typename T>
+    int fromBytes(const char* const in, T* const out) {
+        memcpy(out, in, sizeof(T));
+
+        if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little) {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(T) / 2; i++)
+                std::swap(((char*) (out))[i], ((char*) (out))[sizeof(T) - 1 - i]);
+        }
+        
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    void tag_t::writeName(std::fstream& out) {
         writeUTF8String(out, name);
     }
     
-    std::string readName(std::fstream& in) {
-        return readUTF8String(in);
+    void tag_t::readName(std::fstream& in) {
+        name = readUTF8String(in);
     }
     
-    void writePayload(std::fstream& out) {
+    void tag_end::writePayload(std::fstream& out) {
         out.put('\0');
     }
+    
+    void tag_byte::writePayload(std::fstream& out) {
+        // single byte no need for conversion
+        out.put(t);
+    }
+    
+    void tag_byte::readPayload(std::fstream& in) {
+        in.read(&t, 1);
+    }
+    
+    void tag_short::writePayload(std::fstream& out) {
+        char data[sizeof(t)];
+        toBytes(t, data);
+        out.write(data, sizeof(t));
+    }
+    
+    void tag_short::readPayload(std::fstream& in) {
+        char data[sizeof(t)];
+        in.read(data, sizeof(t));
+        fromBytes(data, &t);
+    }
 }
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