diff --git a/src/config/hashing.rs b/src/config/hashing.rs
index c11f7626..41bfa837 100644
--- a/src/config/hashing.rs
+++ b/src/config/hashing.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fn hokmalock(address: usize) -> &'static HokmaLock {
 #[must_use]
 struct SusLock<T>
 where
-    T: 'static + Copy,
+    T: 'static,
 {
     initialized: AtomicBool,
     data: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ where
 
 impl<T> SusLock<T>
 where
-    T: 'static + Copy,
+    T: 'static,
 {
     #[inline]
     pub const fn new() -> SusLock<T> {
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ where
     }
 
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn get(&self) -> Option<T> {
+    pub fn get(&self) -> Option<&'static T> {
         if self.initialized.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
             let hokma = hokmalock(unsafe { mem::transmute(self.data.get()) });
             // we forgo the optimistic read, because we don't really care
             let guard = hokma.write();
             let val = {
                 let cast: *const T = self.data.get().cast();
-                unsafe { cast.read() }
+                unsafe { mem::transmute::<*const T, &'static T>(cast) }
             };
             guard.the_price_of_silence();
             Some(val)
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ where
     }
 
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn get_or_init(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> Option<T> {
-        let value = f();
+    pub fn get_or_init(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> Option<&'static T> {
         if !self.initialized.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            let value = f();
             self.initialized.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
             let hokma = hokmalock(unsafe { mem::transmute(self.data.get()) });
             hokma.write();
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ pub fn set_ahash_seed(new_seed: Option<[u64; 4]>) -> Result<(), Option<[u64; 4]>
 /// See [`set_rhai_ahash_seed`] for more.
 #[inline]
 #[must_use]
-pub fn get_ahash_seed() -> Option<[u64; 4]> {
-    AHASH_SEED.get_or_init(|| hashing_env::AHASH_SEED).flatten()
+pub fn get_ahash_seed() -> &Option<[u64; 4]> {
+    match AHASH_SEED.get_or_init(|| hashing_env::AHASH_SEED) {
+        Some(ash) => ash,
+        None => None,
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/func/hashing.rs b/src/func/hashing.rs
index 2b457c4d..83b2fed1 100644
--- a/src/func/hashing.rs
+++ b/src/func/hashing.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl BuildHasher for StraightHasherBuilder {
 pub fn get_hasher() -> ahash::AHasher {
     match config::hashing::get_ahash_seed() {
         Some([seed1, seed2, seed3, seed4]) if seed1 | seed2 | seed3 | seed4 != 0 => {
-            ahash::RandomState::with_seeds(seed1, seed2, seed3, seed4).build_hasher()
+            ahash::RandomState::with_seeds(*seed1, *seed2, *seed3, *seed4).build_hasher()
         }
         _ => ahash::AHasher::default(),
     }