diff --git a/Sources/CharacterReader.swift b/Sources/CharacterReader.swift
index 58f20c5..1ee570c 100644
--- a/Sources/CharacterReader.swift
+++ b/Sources/CharacterReader.swift
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ public final class CharacterReader {
                     }
                     let endWord = end &- 8
                     while i <= endWord {
-                        let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).load(as: UInt64.self)
+                        let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).loadUnaligned(as: UInt64.self)
                         var hit = hasByte(word, aWord)
                         if !hit && a != b {
                             hit = hasByte(word, bWord)
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ public final class CharacterReader {
                 }
                 let endWord = end &- 8
                 while i <= endWord {
-                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).load(as: UInt64.self)
+                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).loadUnaligned(as: UInt64.self)
                     if hasByte(word, aWord) { break }
                     i &+= 8
                 }
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ public final class CharacterReader {
                 }
                 let endWord = end &- 8
                 while i <= endWord {
-                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).load(as: UInt64.self)
+                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).loadUnaligned(as: UInt64.self)
                     var hit = hasByte(word, aWord)
                     if !hit && a != b {
                         hit = hasByte(word, bWord)
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ public final class CharacterReader {
                 }
                 let endWord = end &- 8
                 while i <= endWord {
-                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).load(as: UInt64.self)
+                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).loadUnaligned(as: UInt64.self)
                     var hit = hasByte(word, aWord)
                     if !hit && a != b {
                         hit = hasByte(word, bWord)
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ public final class CharacterReader {
                 }
                 let endWord = end &- 8
                 while i <= endWord {
-                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).load(as: UInt64.self)
+                    let word = UnsafeRawPointer(basePtr.advanced(by: i)).loadUnaligned(as: UInt64.self)
                     if hasByte(word, aWord) || hasByte(word, bWord) || hasByte(word, cWord) { break }
                     i &+= 8
                 }