diff --git a/lib/Figments/Input.h b/lib/Figments/Input.h
index 982c9f7..bfab017 100644
--- a/lib/Figments/Input.h
+++ b/lib/Figments/Input.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ struct Variant {
     CRGB asRGB() const;
     int asInt() const;
     bool asBool() const;
-    template<typename T> const T& as() const {
-        return *static_cast<const T*>(m_value.asPointer);
+    template<typename T> const T* as() const {
+        return static_cast<const T*>(m_value.asPointer);
     }
 
 private: