diff --git a/src/memory.rs b/src/memory.rs
index 11c50445..e9380203 100644
--- a/src/memory.rs
+++ b/src/memory.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use bootloader::bootinfo::{MemoryMap, MemoryRegionType};
 use x86_64::{
     structures::paging::{
         FrameAllocator, Mapper, OffsetPageTable, Page, PageTable, PhysFrame, Size4KiB,
+        UnusedPhysFrame,
     },
     PhysAddr, VirtAddr,
 };
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ pub fn create_example_mapping(
     use x86_64::structures::paging::PageTableFlags as Flags;
 
     let frame = PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(0xb8000));
+    // FIXME: ONLY FOR TEMPORARY TESTING
+    let unused_frame = unsafe { UnusedPhysFrame::new(frame) };
     let flags = Flags::PRESENT | Flags::WRITABLE;
 
-    let map_to_result = unsafe { mapper.map_to(page, frame, flags, frame_allocator) };
+    let map_to_result = mapper.map_to(page, unused_frame, flags, frame_allocator);
     map_to_result.expect("map_to failed").flush();
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn create_example_mapping(
 pub struct EmptyFrameAllocator;
 
 unsafe impl FrameAllocator<Size4KiB> for EmptyFrameAllocator {
-    fn allocate_frame(&mut self) -> Option<PhysFrame> {
+    fn allocate_frame(&mut self) -> Option<UnusedPhysFrame> {
         None
     }
 }
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ impl BootInfoFrameAllocator {
     }
 
     /// Returns an iterator over the usable frames specified in the memory map.
-    fn usable_frames(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = PhysFrame> {
+    fn usable_frames(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = UnusedPhysFrame> {
         // get usable regions from memory map
         let regions = self.memory_map.iter();
         let usable_regions = regions.filter(|r| r.region_type == MemoryRegionType::Usable);
@@ -88,12 +91,14 @@ impl BootInfoFrameAllocator {
         // transform to an iterator of frame start addresses
         let frame_addresses = addr_ranges.flat_map(|r| r.step_by(4096));
         // create `PhysFrame` types from the start addresses
-        frame_addresses.map(|addr| PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(addr)))
+        let frames = frame_addresses.map(|addr| PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(addr)));
+        // we know that the frames are really unused
+        frames.map(|f| unsafe { UnusedPhysFrame::new(f) })
     }
 }
 
 unsafe impl FrameAllocator<Size4KiB> for BootInfoFrameAllocator {
-    fn allocate_frame(&mut self) -> Option<PhysFrame> {
+    fn allocate_frame(&mut self) -> Option<UnusedPhysFrame> {
         let frame = self.usable_frames().nth(self.next);
         self.next += 1;
         frame