diff --git a/src/base/base_core.h b/src/base/base_core.h
index 75391382..f3bf64d1 100644
--- a/src/base/base_core.h
+++ b/src/base/base_core.h
@@ -489,13 +489,17 @@ struct TxtRng
 ////////////////////////////////
 //~ Globally Unique Ids
 
-typedef struct Guid Guid;
-struct Guid
+typedef union Guid Guid;
+union Guid
 {
-  U32 data1;
-  U16 data2;
-  U16 data3;
-  U8  data4[8];
+  struct
+  {
+    U32 data1;
+    U16 data2;
+    U16 data3;
+    U8  data4[8];
+  };
+  U8 v[16];
 };
 StaticAssert(sizeof(Guid) == 16, g_guid_size_check);
 
diff --git a/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c b/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
index ecd68dff..725c59dd 100644
--- a/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
+++ b/src/os/core/linux/os_core_linux.c
@@ -1133,14 +1133,11 @@ os_safe_call(OS_ThreadFunctionType *func, OS_ThreadFunctionType *fail_handler, v
 ////////////////////////////////
 //~ rjf: @os_hooks GUIDs (Implemented Per-OS)
 
-internal OS_Guid
+internal Guid
 os_make_guid(void)
 {
-  U8 random_bytes[16] = {0};
-  StaticAssert(sizeof(random_bytes) == sizeof(OS_Guid), os_lnx_guid_size_check);
-  getrandom(random_bytes, sizeof(random_bytes), 0);
-  OS_Guid guid = {0};
-  MemoryCopy(&guid, random_bytes, sizeof(random_bytes));
+  Guid guid = {0};
+  getrandom(guid.v, sizeof(guid.v), 0);
   guid.data3 &= 0x0fff;
   guid.data3 |= (4 << 12);
   guid.data4[0] &= 0x3f;