diff --git a/src/app/core/common.h b/src/app/core/common.h
index 5217f66f..481a876f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/common.h
+++ b/src/app/core/common.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ unsigned int SnesToPc(unsigned int addr);
 int AddressFromBytes(uint8_t addr1, uint8_t addr2, uint8_t addr3);
 int HexToDec(char *input, int length);
 
+template<typename T>
+T* ReserveBytes(size_t size) {
+  auto bytes = new T[size];
+}
+
 }  // namespace core
 }  // namespace app
 }  // namespace yaze