diff --git a/src/headers/Yerbacon.hpp b/src/headers/Yerbacon.hpp
index adb5abd..524ad74 100644
--- a/src/headers/Yerbacon.hpp
+++ b/src/headers/Yerbacon.hpp
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ namespace Yerbacon {
     };
 }
 
-#include <memory>
-template<typename T, typename U>
-constexpr T& pointerAs(const std::unique_ptr<U>& ptr) { return reinterpret_cast<T&>(*ptr); }
-
 #undef YBCON_VERSION
 #undef YBCON_FLAGS
 #undef YBCON_COMPILER
diff --git a/src/headers/parsing/ParseComponents.hpp b/src/headers/parsing/ParseComponents.hpp
index 76950f7..f4e5877 100644
--- a/src/headers/parsing/ParseComponents.hpp
+++ b/src/headers/parsing/ParseComponents.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct ParseComponent {
     virtual ~ParseComponent() = default;
 };
 
-struct NamedIdentifier: ParseComponent {
+struct NamedIdentifier: virtual ParseComponent {
     const string name;
     explicit NamedIdentifier(string_view nameText): name(nameText) {}
 };
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct NamedIdentifier: ParseComponent {
 typedef unique_ptr<ParseComponent> component_ptr;
 
 #define IS_PARSECOMPONENT IS(ParseComponent)
-class ParseTree: public ParseComponent {
+class ParseTree: public virtual ParseComponent {
     mutable vector<component_ptr> subComponents;
     using array_type = decltype(subComponents);
     using iterator = array_type::iterator;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
         vector<T*> filteredComponents;
         for_each(cbegin(), cend(), [&filteredComponents](const component_ptr& it) {
             if (it->getId() == typeid(T)) {
-                filteredComponents.push_back(reinterpret_cast<T*>(it.get()));
+                filteredComponents.push_back(dynamic_cast<T*>(it.get()));
             }
         });
         return filteredComponents;
diff --git a/src/headers/transpiler/Target.hpp b/src/headers/transpiler/Target.hpp
index bc39d17..a3f65dd 100644
--- a/src/headers/transpiler/Target.hpp
+++ b/src/headers/transpiler/Target.hpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ protected:
     }
     typedef function<void (const ParseTree& parsedTree, unsigned int& index)> task;
     #define make_task_base(start, type, captures, function_body) make_pair(type_index(typeid(type)), [captures](const ParseTree& parsedTree, unsigned int& index) { start; function_body })
-    #define make_task_base_R(T, C, F) make_task_base(const T& parseComponent = pointerAs<T>(parsedTree[index]), T, C, F)
+    #define make_task_base_R(T, C, F) make_task_base(const T& parseComponent = dynamic_cast<T&>(*parsedTree[index]), T, C, F)
     #define make_task(T, F) make_task_base_R(T, this, F)
     #define make_task_noR(T, F) make_task_base(,T, this, F)
     #define make_nonlocal_task(T, F) make_task_base_R(T, , F)