diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 194e34f8..020604f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ name = "blog_os"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader 0.3.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "volatile 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ name = "ux"
 version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "volatile"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "882386231c45df4700b275c7ff55b6f3698780a650026380e72dabe76fa46526"
 "checksum usize_conversions 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f70329e2cbe45d6c97a5112daad40c34cd9a4e18edb5a2a18fefeb584d8d25e5"
 "checksum ux 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "88dfeb711b61ce620c0cb6fd9f8e3e678622f0c971da2a63c4b3e25e88ed012f"
+"checksum volatile 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6af0edf5b4faacc31fc51159244d78d65ec580f021afcef7bd53c04aeabc7f29"
 "checksum winapi 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "92c1eb33641e276cfa214a0522acad57be5c56b10cb348b3c5117db75f3ac4b0"
 "checksum winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 "checksum winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1be14820..95e463fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 bootloader = "0.3.12"
+volatile = "0.2.3"
 
 [profile.dev]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/vga_buffer.rs b/src/vga_buffer.rs
index 7e0b8235..b04e7dad 100644
--- a/src/vga_buffer.rs
+++ b/src/vga_buffer.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use volatile::Volatile;
+
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[repr(u8)]
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ const BUFFER_HEIGHT: usize = 25;
 const BUFFER_WIDTH: usize = 80;
 
 struct Buffer {
-    chars: [[ScreenChar; BUFFER_WIDTH]; BUFFER_HEIGHT],
+    chars: [[Volatile<ScreenChar>; BUFFER_WIDTH]; BUFFER_HEIGHT],
 }
 
 pub struct Writer {
@@ -62,10 +64,10 @@ impl Writer {
                 let col = self.column_position;
 
                 let color_code = self.color_code;
-                self.buffer.chars[row][col] = ScreenChar {
+                self.buffer.chars[row][col].write(ScreenChar {
                     ascii_character: byte,
                     color_code,
-                };
+                });
                 self.column_position += 1;
             }
         }