diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
index e27b5b09..67932672 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		void compress(Compressor* pCompressor);
 		void uncompress(Compressor* pCompressor);
 
-		void* m_pCompressedData;
+		uint8_t* m_pCompressedData;
 		uint32_t m_uCompressedDataLength;
 		VoxelType* m_tUncompressedData;
 		uint16_t m_uSideLength;
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
index 85504b64..34e59898 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 				uCompressedLength = pCompressor->compress(pSrcData, uSrcLength, pDstData, uDstLength);
 
 				// Create new compressed data and copy across
-				m_pCompressedData = reinterpret_cast<void*>( new uint8_t[uCompressedLength] );
+				m_pCompressedData = new uint8_t[uCompressedLength];
 				memcpy(m_pCompressedData, pDstData, uCompressedLength);
 				m_uCompressedDataLength = uCompressedLength;
 			}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 					uCompressedLength = pCompressor->compress(pSrcData, uSrcLength, pDstData, uDstLength);
 
 					// Create new compressed data and copy across
-					m_pCompressedData = reinterpret_cast<void*>( new uint8_t[uCompressedLength] );
+					m_pCompressedData = new uint8_t[uCompressedLength];
 					memcpy(m_pCompressedData, pDstData, uCompressedLength);
 					m_uCompressedDataLength = uCompressedLength;
 				}