diff --git a/examples/colors.ts b/examples/colors.ts
index 4879840..64d2946 100644
--- a/examples/colors.ts
+++ b/examples/colors.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ const red = pack("Red", 128) //=> const red: Enum<Colors>
 const green = pack<Colors>("Green", 128) //=> const green: Enum<Colors>
 const blue = pack<Colors>("Blue", 128) //=> const blue: Enum<Colors>
 
-function toRGB(color: Enum<Colors>) { // returns number[]
-    match(color, {
-        Rgb: (x) => x, //=> (property) Rgb: (x: [number, number, number]) => [number, number, number]
+function toRGB(color: Colors) { // returns number[]
+    const a = match(color, {
+        Rgb: (x) => x, //=> 
         _: (x) => x //=> 
-    });
+    }); //=>
 
-    return match(color, {
+    const b = match(color, {
         Red: (x) => [x, 0, 0], //=> (property) Red: (x: number) => number[]
         Green: (x) => [0, x, 0], //=> (property) Green: (x: number) => number[]
         Blue: (x) => [0, 0, x], //=> (property) Blue: (x: number) => number[]
diff --git a/src/enum.ts b/src/enum.ts
index 58014df..544311c 100644
--- a/src/enum.ts
+++ b/src/enum.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,43 @@ type PartialArms<E> = {
 };
 
 // this is the recommended way to create enum instances so you have strong type checking
-export const pack = <E>(...entry: EnumChecked<E>) => entry satisfies EnumChecked<E>;
+export function pack<E>(...entry: Enum<E>) {
+	return entry as E // this is disgusting and we are completely just lying to tsc and the user and it works
+}
 
-export const match = <E, Fn extends Arms<E>>(
-	pattern: Enum<E>,
+export function match<E, Fn extends Arms<E>>(
+	pattern: E,
 	arms: Fn,
-): ReturnType<typeof arms[keyof typeof arms]> =>
+): ReturnType<typeof arms[keyof typeof arms]> {
 	// ^ typescript ABSOLUTELY FREAKS OUT about this BUT it does work so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 	// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: return type is handled externally
-	((arms[pattern[0]] as any) || (arms as any)._)(pattern[1] as any);; // <- dunno why there are two semicolons here
-// typescript REALLY hates this (hence all the `any`) and I really can't blame it
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+	return ((arms[pattern[0]] as any) || (arms as any)._)(pattern[1] as any) as ReturnType<typeof arms[keyof typeof arms]>;
+	// typescript REALLY hates this (hence all the `any`) and I really can't blame it
+}
+
+type Color = {
+	Red: number;
+	Blue: number;
+	Green: number;
+	Rgb: [number, number, number];
+};
+
+const red = pack<Color>("Red", 128) //=> const red: Enum<Colors>
+const green = pack<Color>("Green", 128) //=> const green: Enum<Colors>
+const blue = pack<Color>("Blue", 128) //=> const blue: Enum<Colors>
+
+function toRGB(color: Color) { // returns number[]
+	const a = match(color, {
+		Rgb: (x) => x, //=> 
+		_: (x) => x //=> 
+	}); //=>
+
+	const b = match(color, {
+		Red: (x) => [x, 0, 0], //=> 
+		Green: (x) => [0, x, 0], //=> 
+		Blue: (x) => [0, 0, x], //=> 
+		Rgb: (x) => x //=> 
+	});
+}
+
+console.log(toRGB(blue)); // [ 0, 0, 128 ]
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