diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c008ce3..3220615 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "benchmarks"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3776,6 +3782,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "ytbn_graphing_software"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64",
  "benchmarks",
  "bincode",
  "cfg-if",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b602597..a005e90 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ itertools = "0.10"
 static_assertions = "1.1"
 bincode = "1.3"
 serde = "1"
+base64 = "0.21"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 benchmarks = { path = "./benchmarks" }
diff --git a/src/math_app.rs b/src/math_app.rs
index ed16f5d..08e8758 100644
--- a/src/math_app.rs
+++ b/src/math_app.rs
@@ -150,10 +150,9 @@ impl MathApp {
 					let data = get_localstorage().get_item(DATA_NAME).ok()??;
 					let (commit, cached_data) = crate::misc::hashed_storage_read(&data)?;
 
-
 					if commit == unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<&str, crate::misc::HashBytes>(build::SHORT_COMMIT) } {
 						tracing::info!("Reading decompression cache. Bytes: {}", cached_data.len());
-						return Some(cached_data.to_vec());
+						return Some(cached_data);
 					} else {
 						None
 					}
@@ -161,14 +160,8 @@ impl MathApp {
 
 				fn load_functions() -> Option<FunctionManager> {
 					let data = get_localstorage().get_item(FUNC_NAME).ok()??;
-					if crate::misc::HASH_LENGTH >= data.len() {
-						return None;
-					}
-
-					// TODO: stabilize FunctionManager serialize so it can persist across builds
 					let (commit, func_data) = crate::misc::hashed_storage_read(&data)?;
 
-
 					if commit == unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<&str, &[u8]>(build::SHORT_COMMIT) } {
 						tracing::info!("Reading previous function data");
 						let function_manager: FunctionManager = bincode::deserialize(&func_data).ok()?;
diff --git a/src/misc.rs b/src/misc.rs
index 3f8bd89..b9fa289 100644
--- a/src/misc.rs
+++ b/src/misc.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine as _};
 use egui_plot::{Line, PlotPoint, PlotPoints, Points};
 use emath::Pos2;
 use getrandom::getrandom;
@@ -165,24 +166,27 @@ pub type HashBytes = [u8; HASH_LENGTH];
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn hashed_storage_create(hashbytes: HashBytes, data: &[u8]) -> String {
-	unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<Vec<u8>, String>([hashbytes.to_vec(), data.to_vec()].concat()) }
+	let combined_data = [hashbytes.to_vec(), data.to_vec()].concat();
+	general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(combined_data)
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-pub fn hashed_storage_read(data: &str) -> Option<(HashBytes, &[u8])> {
+pub fn hashed_storage_read(data: &str) -> Option<(HashBytes, Vec<u8>)> {
+	// Decode base64 data
+	let decoded_bytes = general_purpose::STANDARD.decode(data).ok()?;
+
 	// Make sure data is long enough to decode
-	if HASH_LENGTH >= data.len() {
+	if HASH_LENGTH > decoded_bytes.len() {
 		return None;
 	}
 
-	// Transmute data into slice
-	let decoded_1: &[u8] = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<&str, &[u8]>(data) };
+	// Split hash and data
+	let (hash_bytes, data_bytes) = decoded_bytes.split_at(HASH_LENGTH);
 
-	// Return hash and decoded data
-	Some((
-		unsafe { *(decoded_1[..HASH_LENGTH].as_ptr() as *const HashBytes) },
-		&decoded_1[HASH_LENGTH..],
-	))
+	// Convert hash bytes to HashBytes
+	let hash: HashBytes = hash_bytes.try_into().ok()?;
+
+	Some((hash, data_bytes.to_vec()))
 }
 
 /// Creates and returns random u64