diff --git a/io.cpp b/io.cpp
index a71d7fc7..6cc8ba22 100644
--- a/io.cpp
+++ b/io.cpp
@@ -38,14 +38,12 @@ template <typename T>
 std::vector<T>
 util::slurp (const std::experimental::filesystem::path &path)
 {
-    static_assert (
-        sizeof (T) == 1,
-        "slurp is designed for grabbing bytes, not complex structures"
-    );
     posix::fd out (path, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
 
     // Calculate the total file size
     off_t size = posix::error::try_value (lseek (out, 0, SEEK_END));
+    if (size % sizeof (T))
+        throw std::runtime_error ("filesize not correctly rounded");
 
     posix::error::try_value (lseek (out, 0, SEEK_SET));
 
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ util::slurp (const std::experimental::filesystem::path &path)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 template std::vector<char> util::slurp (const std::experimental::filesystem::path&);
 template std::vector<std::byte> util::slurp (const std::experimental::filesystem::path&);
+template std::vector<uint32_t> util::slurp (const std::experimental::filesystem::path&);
 
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////