diff --git a/Assets/Plugins/StringFormatter/StringFormatter.cs b/Assets/Plugins/StringFormatter/StringFormatter.cs
index fbfb664..358d56c 100644
--- a/Assets/Plugins/StringFormatter/StringFormatter.cs
+++ b/Assets/Plugins/StringFormatter/StringFormatter.cs
@@ -18,20 +18,16 @@
 // OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using UnsafeIL;
 
 namespace System.Text.Formatting {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Specifies an interface for types that act as a set of formatting arguments.
-    /// </summary>
-    public interface IArgSet {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Specifies an interface for types that act as a set of formatting arguments.
+	/// </summary>
+	public interface IArgSet {
         /// <summary>
         /// The number of arguments in the set.
         /// </summary>
@@ -547,37 +543,37 @@ namespace System.Text.Formatting {
 
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
         internal void AppendGeneric<T>(T value, StringView format) {
-            // this looks gross, but T is known at JIT-time so this call tree
-            // gets compiled down to a direct call with no branching
-            if (typeof(T) == typeof(sbyte))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), sbyte), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(byte))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), byte), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(short))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), short), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(ushort))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), ushort), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(int))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), int), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(uint))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), uint), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(long))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), long), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(ulong))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), ulong), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(float))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), float), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(double))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), double), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(decimal))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), decimal), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), bool));
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(char))
-                Append(__refvalue(__makeref(value), char), format);
-            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
-                Append((string)(object)value);
-            else {
+			// this looks gross, but T is known at JIT-time so this call tree
+			// gets compiled down to a direct call with no branching
+			if (typeof(T) == typeof(sbyte))
+				Append(*(sbyte*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(byte))
+				Append(*(byte*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(short))
+				Append(*(short*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(ushort))
+				Append(*(ushort*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(int))
+				Append(*(int*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(uint))
+				Append(*(uint*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(long))
+				Append(*(long*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(ulong))
+				Append(*(ulong*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(float))
+				Append(*(float*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(double))
+				Append(*(double*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(decimal))
+				Append(*(decimal*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
+				Append(*(bool*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value));
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(char))
+				Append(*(char*)Unsafe.AsPointer(ref value), format);
+			else if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
+				Append(Unsafe.As<string>(value));
+			else {
                 // first, check to see if it's a value type implementing IStringFormattable
                 var formatter = ValueHelper<T>.Formatter;
                 if (formatter != null)
diff --git a/Assets/Plugins/UnsafeIL.dll b/Assets/Plugins/UnsafeIL.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b385a3
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diff --git a/Assets/Plugins/UnsafeIL.dll.meta b/Assets/Plugins/UnsafeIL.dll.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f9af62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Plugins/UnsafeIL.dll.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: d927992f95b82f740a0a95bb6d617d73
+PluginImporter:
+  externalObjects: {}
+  serializedVersion: 2
+  iconMap: {}
+  executionOrder: {}
+  defineConstraints: []
+  isPreloaded: 0
+  isOverridable: 0
+  isExplicitlyReferenced: 0
+  validateReferences: 1
+  platformData:
+  - first:
+      Any: 
+    second:
+      enabled: 1
+      settings: {}
+  - first:
+      Editor: Editor
+    second:
+      enabled: 0
+      settings:
+        DefaultValueInitialized: true
+  - first:
+      Windows Store Apps: WindowsStoreApps
+    second:
+      enabled: 0
+      settings:
+        CPU: AnyCPU
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: