diff --git a/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.cpp b/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.cpp
index b28801ea8..101ce7b79 100644
--- a/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.cpp
+++ b/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace taglib_shim
     class WrappedRsIOStream : public TagLib::IOStream
     {
     public:
-        explicit WrappedRsIOStream(rust::Box<RsIOStream> stream);
+        explicit WrappedRsIOStream(RsIOStream *stream);
         ~WrappedRsIOStream() override;
 
         // TagLib::IOStream interface implementation
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ namespace taglib_shim
         bool isOpen() const override;
 
     private:
-        rust::Box<RsIOStream> rust_stream;
+        RsIOStream *rust_stream;
     };
 
-    WrappedRsIOStream::WrappedRsIOStream(rust::Box<RsIOStream> stream) : rust_stream(std::move(stream)) {}
+    WrappedRsIOStream::WrappedRsIOStream(RsIOStream *stream) : rust_stream(stream) {}
 
     WrappedRsIOStream::~WrappedRsIOStream() = default;
 
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ namespace taglib_shim
     }
 
     // Factory function to create a new RustIOStream
-    std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream> wrap_RsIOStream(rust::Box<RsIOStream> stream)
+    std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream> wrap_RsIOStream(RsIOStream *stream)
     {
-        return std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream>(new WrappedRsIOStream(std::move(stream)));
+        return std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream>(new WrappedRsIOStream(stream));
     }
 
 } // namespace taglib_shim
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diff --git a/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.hpp b/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.hpp
index 839be0161..2b4c3a452 100644
--- a/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.hpp
+++ b/musikr/src/main/jni/shim/iostream_shim.hpp
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ struct RsIOStream;
 namespace taglib_shim
 {
     // Factory functions with external linkage
-    std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream> wrap_RsIOStream(rust::Box<RsIOStream> stream);
+    std::unique_ptr<TagLib::IOStream> wrap_RsIOStream(RsIOStream *stream);
 } // namespace taglib_shim
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diff --git a/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/bridge.rs b/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/bridge.rs
index ed937da1e..e5290718f 100644
--- a/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/bridge.rs
+++ b/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/bridge.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ mod bridge_impl {
         #[namespace = "TagLib"]
         #[cxx_name = "IOStream"]
         type CPPIOStream<'io_stream>;
-        fn wrap_RsIOStream<'io_stream>(
-            stream: Box<DynIOStream<'io_stream>>,
+        unsafe fn wrap_RsIOStream<'io_stream>(
+            stream: *mut DynIOStream<'io_stream>,
         ) -> UniquePtr<CPPIOStream<'io_stream>>;
 
         #[namespace = "TagLib"]
diff --git a/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/iostream.rs b/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/iostream.rs
index 2874f6668..5422c1fa2 100644
--- a/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/iostream.rs
+++ b/musikr/src/main/jni/src/taglib/iostream.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,20 @@ pub trait IOStream {
 }
 
 pub(super) struct BridgedIOStream<'io_stream> {
+    stream: Box<DynIOStream<'io_stream>>,
     cpp_stream: UniquePtr<CPPIOStream<'io_stream>>,
 }
 
 impl<'io_stream> BridgedIOStream<'io_stream> {
     pub fn new<T: IOStream + 'io_stream>(stream: T) -> Self {
-        let rs_stream: Box<DynIOStream<'io_stream>> = Box::new(DynIOStream(Box::new(stream)));
-        let cpp_stream: UniquePtr<CPPIOStream<'io_stream>> = bridge::wrap_RsIOStream(rs_stream);
-        BridgedIOStream { cpp_stream }
+        let mut rs_stream: Box<DynIOStream<'io_stream>> = Box::new(DynIOStream(Box::new(stream)));
+        let cpp_stream: UniquePtr<CPPIOStream<'io_stream>> = unsafe {
+            bridge::wrap_RsIOStream(rs_stream.as_mut() as *mut _)
+        };
+        BridgedIOStream {
+            stream: rs_stream,
+            cpp_stream,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn cpp_stream(&self) -> &UniquePtr<CPPIOStream> {