diff --git a/dep/obfuscate.h b/dep/obfuscate.h
index 1f6b4b3b..b08609a4 100644
--- a/dep/obfuscate.h
+++ b/dep/obfuscate.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ following traits:
 	- Global lifetime
 	The actual instantiation of the ay::obfuscated_data takes place inside a
 	lambda as a function level static
-	- Implicitly convertable to a char*
+	- Implicitly convertible to a char*
 	This means that you can pass it directly into functions that would normally
 	take a char* or a const char*
 
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ std::cout << obfuscated_string << std::endl;
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+#pragma once
+#if __cplusplus >= 202002L
+	#define AY_CONSTEVAL consteval
+#else
+	#define AY_CONSTEVAL constexpr
+#endif
+
 // Workaround for __LINE__ not being constexpr when /ZI (Edit and Continue) is enabled in Visual Studio
 // See: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/-line-cannot-be-used-as-an-argument-for-constexpr/195665
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -49,8 +56,33 @@ namespace ay
 	using size_type = unsigned long long;
 	using key_type = unsigned long long;
 
+	// libstdc++ has std::remove_cvref_t<T> since C++20, but because not every user will be 
+	// able or willing to link to the STL, we prefer to do this functionality ourselves here.
+	template <typename T>
+	struct remove_const_ref {
+		using type = T;
+	};
+
+	template <typename T>
+	struct remove_const_ref<T&> {
+		using type = T;
+	};
+
+	template <typename T>
+	struct remove_const_ref<const T> {
+		using type = T;
+	};
+
+	template <typename T>
+	struct remove_const_ref<const T&> {
+		using type = T;
+	};
+
+	template <typename T>
+	using char_type = typename remove_const_ref<T>::type;
+
 	// Generate a pseudo-random key that spans all 8 bytes
-	constexpr key_type generate_key(key_type seed)
+	AY_CONSTEVAL key_type generate_key(key_type seed)
 	{
 		// Use the MurmurHash3 64-bit finalizer to hash our seed
 		key_type key = seed;
@@ -67,22 +99,23 @@ namespace ay
 	}
 
 	// Obfuscates or deobfuscates data with key
-	constexpr void cipher(char* data, size_type size, key_type key)
+	template <typename CHAR_TYPE>
+	constexpr void cipher(CHAR_TYPE* data, size_type size, key_type key)
 	{
 		// Obfuscate with a simple XOR cipher based on key
 		for (size_type i = 0; i < size; i++)
 		{
-			data[i] ^= char(key >> ((i % 8) * 8));
+			data[i] ^= CHAR_TYPE((key >> ((i % 8) * 8)) & 0xFF);
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Obfuscates a string at compile time
-	template <size_type N, key_type KEY>
+	template <size_type N, key_type KEY, typename CHAR_TYPE = char>
 	class obfuscator
 	{
 	public:
 		// Obfuscates the string 'data' on construction
-		constexpr obfuscator(const char* data)
+		AY_CONSTEVAL obfuscator(const CHAR_TYPE* data)
 		{
 			// Copy data
 			for (size_type i = 0; i < N; i++)
@@ -95,32 +128,32 @@ namespace ay
 			cipher(m_data, N, KEY);
 		}
 
-		constexpr const char* data() const
+		constexpr const CHAR_TYPE* data() const
 		{
 			return &m_data[0];
 		}
 
-		constexpr size_type size() const
+		AY_CONSTEVAL size_type size() const
 		{
 			return N;
 		}
 
-		constexpr key_type key() const
+		AY_CONSTEVAL key_type key() const
 		{
 			return KEY;
 		}
 
 	private:
 
-		char m_data[N]{};
+		CHAR_TYPE m_data[N]{};
 	};
 
 	// Handles decryption and re-encryption of an encrypted string at runtime
-	template <size_type N, key_type KEY>
+	template <size_type N, key_type KEY, typename CHAR_TYPE = char>
 	class obfuscated_data
 	{
 	public:
-		obfuscated_data(const obfuscator<N, KEY>& obfuscator)
+		obfuscated_data(const obfuscator<N, KEY, CHAR_TYPE>& obfuscator)
 		{
 			// Copy obfuscated data
 			for (size_type i = 0; i < N; i++)
@@ -140,7 +173,7 @@ namespace ay
 
 		// Returns a pointer to the plain text string, decrypting it if
 		// necessary
-		operator char*()
+		operator CHAR_TYPE* ()
 		{
 			decrypt();
 			return m_data;
@@ -176,7 +209,7 @@ namespace ay
 
 		// Local storage for the string. Call is_encrypted() to check whether or
 		// not the string is currently obfuscated.
-		char m_data[N];
+		CHAR_TYPE m_data[N];
 
 		// Whether data is currently encrypted
 		bool m_encrypted{ true };
@@ -184,10 +217,10 @@ namespace ay
 
 	// This function exists purely to extract the number of elements 'N' in the
 	// array 'data'
-	template <size_type N, key_type KEY = AY_OBFUSCATE_DEFAULT_KEY>
-	constexpr auto make_obfuscator(const char(&data)[N])
+	template <size_type N, key_type KEY = AY_OBFUSCATE_DEFAULT_KEY, typename CHAR_TYPE = char>
+	AY_CONSTEVAL auto make_obfuscator(const CHAR_TYPE(&data)[N])
 	{
-		return obfuscator<N, KEY>(data);
+		return obfuscator<N, KEY, CHAR_TYPE>(data);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -201,14 +234,16 @@ namespace ay
 // functions for decrypting the string and is also implicitly convertable to a
 // char*
 #define AY_OBFUSCATE_KEY(data, key) \
-	[]() -> ay::obfuscated_data<sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]), key>& { \
+	[]() -> ay::obfuscated_data<sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]), key, ay::char_type<decltype(*data)>>& { \
 		static_assert(sizeof(decltype(key)) == sizeof(ay::key_type), "key must be a 64 bit unsigned integer"); \
 		static_assert((key) >= (1ull << 56), "key must span all 8 bytes"); \
+		using char_type = ay::char_type<decltype(*data)>; \
 		constexpr auto n = sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]); \
-		constexpr auto obfuscator = ay::make_obfuscator<n, key>(data); \
-		thread_local auto obfuscated_data = ay::obfuscated_data<n, key>(obfuscator); \
+		constexpr auto obfuscator = ay::make_obfuscator<n, key, char_type>(data); \
+		thread_local auto obfuscated_data = ay::obfuscated_data<n, key, char_type>(obfuscator); \
 		return obfuscated_data; \
 	}()
+
 #ifndef NO_OBFUSCATE
 #define _O(x) AY_OBFUSCATE(x)
 #else