diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index b8c0574..1dcdd77 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "fileio.h"
+#include "global.h"
 
 /* Loads a binary file located at filePath to memory, taking up a block of exactly memorySize bytes,
    and returns the starting address of the data. If memorySize is insufficient to store the entire file,
    an appropriate error is reported. Excess memory is set to 0 bit values. */
 
-word *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize) {
+byte *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize) {
     FILE *file = fopen(filePath, "rb");
     if (file == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open %s!\n", filePath);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    word *fileData = malloc(memorySize);
+    byte *fileData = malloc(memorySize);
     if (fileData == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Ran out of memory attempting to load %s!\n", filePath);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -22,10 +23,10 @@ word *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize) {
 
     // Loop while reading from the file yields data. Only terminates if EOF is reached or ERROR occurs.
     // Explicitly deal with attempting to write too much data to memory block, rather than allow segfault.
-    const size_t wordCount = memorySize/sizeof(word);
+    const size_t byteCount = memorySize/sizeof(byte);
     int i = 0;
-    while (fread(fileData + i, sizeof(word), 1, file)) {
-        if (i >= wordCount) {
+    while (fread(fileData + i, sizeof(byte), 1, file)) {
+        if (i >= byteCount) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Attempting to load binary %s to memory of smaller size %zu!\n", filePath, memorySize);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ word *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize) {
     assert(fclose(file) != EOF);
 
     // If part of memory block was left uninitialized, initialize it to zero.
-    if (i < wordCount) {
-        memset(fileData + i, 0, (wordCount - i) * sizeof(word));   
+    if (i < byteCount) {
+        memset(fileData + i, 0, (byteCount - i) * sizeof(byte));   
     }
     return fileData;
 }
diff --git a/src/fileio.h b/src/fileio.h
index 8a439bf..a2d4262 100644
--- a/src/fileio.h
+++ b/src/fileio.h
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 #define EXIT_FAILURE 1
 
-extern word *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize);
+extern byte *fileio_loadBin(const char *filePath, size_t memorySize);
 #endif