diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3c388f..55d077d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 include(cmake/color.cmake)
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 set(BLT_VERSION 0.18.14)
+=======
+set(BLT_VERSION 0.18.15)
+>>>>>>> refs/remotes/origin/main
 set(BLT_TEST_VERSION 0.0.1)
 
 set(BLT_TARGET BLT)
diff --git a/arg_parse_variant_map.drawio b/arg_parse_variant_map.drawio
index ac232d8..509f3a5 100644
--- a/arg_parse_variant_map.drawio
+++ b/arg_parse_variant_map.drawio
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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diff --git a/include/blt/std/memory.h b/include/blt/std/memory.h
index 164e2da..69a9909 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/memory.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/memory.h
@@ -376,14 +376,14 @@ namespace blt
             constexpr inline T& operator[](size_t index)
             {
                 if (index >= size())
-                    expand(index);
+                    allocate_for(index);
                 return buffer_[index];
             }
             
             constexpr inline const T& operator[](size_t index) const
             {
                 if (index >= size())
-                    expand(index);
+                    allocate_for(index);
                 return buffer_[index];
             }
             
@@ -461,13 +461,10 @@ namespace blt
             {
                 delete_this(buffer_, size());
             }
-        
-        private:
-            void expand(blt::size_t size)
+            
+            void expand(blt::size_t new_size)
             {
-                size = std::max(size_, size);
-                size = blt::mem::next_byte_allocation(size);
-                T* new_buffer = new T[size];
+                T* new_buffer = new T[new_size];
                 if (buffer_ != nullptr)
                 {
                     if constexpr (std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>)
@@ -486,7 +483,15 @@ namespace blt
                     delete[] buffer_;
                 }
                 buffer_ = new_buffer;
-                size_ = size;
+                size_ = new_size;
+            }
+        
+        private:
+            void allocate_for(blt::size_t accessing_index)
+            {
+                accessing_index = std::max(size_, accessing_index);
+                accessing_index = blt::mem::next_byte_allocation(accessing_index);
+                expand(accessing_index);
             }
             
             inline void delete_this(T* buffer, blt::size_t)
diff --git a/include/blt/std/utility.h b/include/blt/std/utility.h
index dafbea3..2be3245 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/utility.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/utility.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 namespace blt
 {
+    template<typename RefType>
+    using ref = std::reference_wrapper<RefType>;
+    
     static inline std::string demangle(const std::string& str)
     {
         int status;