diff --git a/src/Collections/Dictionary.hpp b/src/Collections/Dictionary.hpp
index 6a71da4..77aaec8 100644
--- a/src/Collections/Dictionary.hpp
+++ b/src/Collections/Dictionary.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace ArbUt {
     /// @brief Wrapper around unordered_map, allowing safer access and adding several helper methods.
     template <class KeyT, class ValueT> class Dictionary {
     private:
-        std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT> _map;
+        std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>* _map;
 
         using iterator = typename std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>::iterator;
         using const_iterator = typename std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>::const_iterator;
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ namespace ArbUt {
         /// @brief The type used for the value in the dictionary.
         typedef ValueT valueType;
 
-        Dictionary() : _map() {}
+        Dictionary() : _map(new std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>()) {}
         /// @brief Initialises a dictionary with a certain capacity.
-        explicit Dictionary(size_t capacity) : _map(capacity) {}
+        explicit Dictionary(size_t capacity) : _map(new std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>(capacity)) {}
         /// @brief Initialises a dictionary from an initializer_list.
-        Dictionary(const std::initializer_list<std::pair<const KeyT, ValueT>>& l) : _map(l) {}
+        Dictionary(const std::initializer_list<std::pair<const KeyT, ValueT>>& l)
+            : _map(new std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>(l)) {}
 
         /// @brief Removes all items from the dictionary.
-        inline void Clear() noexcept { _map.clear(); }
+        inline void Clear() noexcept { _map->clear(); }
 
         /// @brief Inserts a new item in the dictionary. This will throw if the dictionary already contains the key.
         inline void Insert(const KeyT& key, const ValueT& value) {
-            [[maybe_unused]] const auto& v = _map.insert({key, value});
+            [[maybe_unused]] const auto& v = _map->insert({key, value});
 #ifndef NO_ASSERT
             if (!v.second)
                 throw ArbUt::Exception("Key already exists");
@@ -39,37 +40,37 @@ namespace ArbUt {
         }
 
         /// @brief Sets a key in the dictionary to a specific value.
-        inline void Set(const KeyT& key, const ValueT& value) { _map[key] = value; }
+        inline void Set(const KeyT& key, const ValueT& value) { (*_map)[key] = value; }
 
         /// @brief Gets a value from the dictionary.
         [[nodiscard]] inline ValueT& Get(const KeyT& key) {
 #ifndef NO_ASSERT
-            return _map.at(key);
+            return _map->at(key);
 #else
-            return _map[key];
+            return (*_map)[key];
 #endif
         }
         /// @brief Gets a value from the dictionary.
-        [[nodiscard]] inline const ValueT& Get(const KeyT& key) const { return _map.at(key); }
+        [[nodiscard]] inline const ValueT& Get(const KeyT& key) const { return _map->at(key); }
 
         /// @brief Try to get an item from the dictionary using a key. Returns false if no item is found, and out will
         /// not be touched in that case.
         inline std::optional<std::reference_wrapper<const ValueT>> TryGet(const KeyT& key) const noexcept {
-            const auto& find = _map.find(key);
-            if (find == _map.end()) {
+            const auto& find = _map->find(key);
+            if (find == _map->end()) {
                 return {};
             }
             return std::ref(find->second);
         }
 
         /// @brief Removes an item with a certain key from the dictionary
-        inline void Remove(const KeyT& key) { _map.erase(key); }
+        inline void Remove(const KeyT& key) { _map->erase(key); }
 
         /// @brief Returns the number of items in the dictionary.
-        [[nodiscard]] inline size_t Count() const noexcept { return _map.size(); }
+        [[nodiscard]] inline size_t Count() const noexcept { return _map->size(); }
 
         /// @brief Checks whether the dictionary contains a specific key.
-        inline bool Has(const KeyT& key) const noexcept { return _map.find(key) != _map.end(); }
+        inline bool Has(const KeyT& key) const noexcept { return _map->find(key) != _map->end(); }
 
         /// @brief Indexing operator to get a value from the dictionary using a key.
         inline ValueT& operator[](const KeyT& key) { return Get(key); }
@@ -77,19 +78,19 @@ namespace ArbUt {
         inline const ValueT& operator[](const KeyT& key) const { return Get(key); }
 
         /// @brief returns an iterator to the beginning of the specified bucket
-        iterator begin() noexcept { return _map.begin(); }
+        iterator begin() noexcept { return _map->begin(); }
         /// @brief returns an iterator to the beginning of the specified bucket
-        const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return _map.begin(); }
+        const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return _map->begin(); }
 
         /// @brief returns an iterator to the end of the specified bucket
-        iterator end() noexcept { return _map.end(); }
+        iterator end() noexcept { return _map->end(); }
         /// @brief returns an iterator to the end of the specified bucket
-        const_iterator end() const { return _map.end(); }
+        const_iterator end() const { return _map->end(); }
 
         /// @brief returns the backing unordered_map.
-        const std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>& GetStdMap() const noexcept { return _map; }
+        const std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>& GetStdMap() const noexcept { return *_map; }
         /// @brief returns the backing unordered_map.
-        std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>& GetStdMap() noexcept { return _map; }
+        std::unordered_map<KeyT, ValueT>& GetStdMap() noexcept { return *_map; }
     };
 }