diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c315fdd..94d6512 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use gamemanager::GameManager;
-use movetable::MoveTable;
+use movetable::{noarc, MoveTable};
 
 mod bitboard;
 mod gamemanager;
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ mod ucimanager;
 pub static MOVETABLE: LazyLock<MoveTable> = std::sync::LazyLock::new(MoveTable::default);
 
 fn main() {
+    let movetable = noarc::NoArc::new(MoveTable::default());
+
     let gm =
         GameManager::from_fen_string("rnbq1k1r/pp1Pbppp/2p5/8/2B5/8/PPP1NnPP/RNBQK2R w KQ - 1 8");
     let mvlst = gm.legal_moves();
diff --git a/src/movetable/mod.rs b/src/movetable/mod.rs
index 7a24ffa..744f296 100644
--- a/src/movetable/mod.rs
+++ b/src/movetable/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::types::{Color, PieceType};
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 
+pub mod noarc;
+
 /// A HashMap of [`(Color, PieceType, u64)`] indexing [`Vec<Vec<u64>>`] where
 /// the index integer is a position on the board (must be a power of two) and
 /// the list of lists is a list of rays---that is, each direction the object
diff --git a/src/movetable/noarc.rs b/src/movetable/noarc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a46b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/movetable/noarc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct NoArc<T> {
+    ptr: *mut T,
+}
+
+impl<T> NoArc<T> {
+    pub fn new(val: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ptr: Box::leak(Box::new(val)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T> Sync for NoArc<T> {}
+unsafe impl<T> Send for NoArc<T> {}
+
+impl<T> Deref for NoArc<T> {
+    type Target = T;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        unsafe { self.ptr.as_ref().unwrap() }
+    }
+}