diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76ee9c0..e41de63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test {
     const Pair = StringTrie.Pair;
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
-    var trie = StringTrie.init();
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 
     try trie.insert(allocator, "hello", {});
diff --git a/src/bench.zig b/src/bench.zig
index 6b68fdf..164814d 100644
--- a/src/bench.zig
+++ b/src/bench.zig
@@ -18,24 +18,28 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer std.debug.assert(!gpa.deinit());
 
     const allocator = gpa.allocator();
+    const elem_count = 10;
 
-    const keys = try allocator.alloc([32]u8, 10);
+    const keys = try allocator.alloc([32]u8, elem_count);
     defer allocator.free(keys);
 
     var rand = std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(0);
     for (keys) |*key| rand.fill(key);
 
-    var trie = HashArrayMappedTrie([]const u8, void, StringContext).init();
+    var trie = try HashArrayMappedTrie([]const u8, void, StringContext).init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 
-    for (keys) |*key| {
-        try trie.insert(allocator, key, {});
-    }
-
     var timer = try std.time.Timer.start();
+    for (keys) |*key| {
+        try trie.insert(allocator, key, {});
+    }
+    const insert_time = timer.lap();
+
     for (keys) |*key| {
         _ = trie.search(key);
     }
+    const search_time = timer.read();
 
-    std.debug.print("{}ns\n", .{timer.read()});
+    std.debug.print("Insert: {d:.2}ns\n", .{(@intToFloat(f32, insert_time) / elem_count) * 100.0});
+    std.debug.print("Search: {d:.2}ns\n", .{(@intToFloat(f32, search_time) / elem_count) * 100.0});
 }
diff --git a/src/trie.zig b/src/trie.zig
index 6a61f81..99707d3 100644
--- a/src/trie.zig
+++ b/src/trie.zig
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ pub fn HashArrayMappedTrie(comptime K: type, comptime V: type, comptime Context:
         const table_size = @typeInfo(Digest).Int.bits;
         const t = @intCast(Log2Int(Digest), @typeInfo(Log2Int(Digest)).Int.bits);
 
-        root: [table_size]?*Node,
+        root: []?*Node,
 
         const Node = union(enum) { kv: Pair, table: Table };
         const Table = struct { map: Digest = 0, base: [*]Node };
         pub const Pair = struct { key: K, value: V };
 
-        pub fn init() Self {
-            return Self{ .root = [_]?*Node{null} ** table_size };
+        pub fn init(allocator: Allocator) !Self {
+            // TODO: Add ability to have a larger root node (for quicker lookup times)
+            const root = try allocator.alloc(?*Node, table_size);
+            std.mem.set(?*Node, root, null);
+
+            return Self{ .root = root };
         }
 
         pub fn deinit(self: *Self, allocator: Allocator) void {
@@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ pub fn HashArrayMappedTrie(comptime K: type, comptime V: type, comptime Context:
                 _deinit(allocator, node);
                 allocator.destroy(node);
             }
+
+            allocator.free(self.root);
         }
 
         fn _deinit(allocator: Allocator, node: *Node) void {
@@ -294,20 +300,22 @@ const StringContext = struct {
 const StringTrie = HashArrayMappedTrie([]const u8, void, StringContext);
 
 test "trie init" {
-    _ = StringTrie.init();
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
+    defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 }
 
 test "init and deinit" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
-    var trie = StringTrie.init();
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 }
 
 test "trie insert" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
-    var trie = StringTrie.init();
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 
     try trie.insert(allocator, "hello", {});
@@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ test "trie search" {
     const Pair = StringTrie.Pair;
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
-    var trie = StringTrie.init();
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(?Pair, null), trie.search("sdvx"));
@@ -336,7 +344,7 @@ test "README.md example" {
     const Pair = StringTrie.Pair;
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
-    var trie = StringTrie.init();
+    var trie = try StringTrie.init(allocator);
     defer trie.deinit(allocator);
 
     try trie.insert(allocator, "hello", {});