diff --git a/examples/hello_triangle_c/main.c b/examples/hello_triangle_c/main.c
index 7e06a3a9a..ef451a0b4 100644
--- a/examples/hello_triangle_c/main.c
+++ b/examples/hello_triangle_c/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "./../../wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h"
 
+WGPUByteArray read_file(const char *name)
+{
+    FILE *file = fopen(name, "rb");
+    fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+    long length = ftell(file);
+    unsigned char *bytes = malloc(length);
+    fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    fread(bytes, 1, length, file);
+    fclose(file);
+    WGPUByteArray ret = {
+        .bytes = bytes,
+        .length = length,
+    };
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int main()
 {
     WGPUInstanceId instance = wgpu_create_instance();
@@ -14,10 +30,13 @@ int main()
         },
     };
     WGPUDeviceId device = wgpu_adapter_create_device(adapter, device_desc);
-    /*WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor vs_desc = {
-        .code = "",
+    WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor vs_desc = {
+        .code = read_file("./../data/hello_triangle.vert.spv"),
     };
     WGPUShaderModuleId _vs = wgpu_device_create_shader_module(device, vs_desc);
-    */
+    WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor fs_desc = {
+        .code = read_file("./../data/hello_triangle.frag.spv"),
+    };
+    WGPUShaderModuleId _fs = wgpu_device_create_shader_module(device, fs_desc);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs b/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
index 63b0b7ab8..313e68029 100644
--- a/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
@@ -17,16 +17,24 @@ fn main() {
             },
         },
     );
+    let vs_bytes = include_bytes!("./../data/hello_triangle.vert.spv");
     let _vs = wgpu_device_create_shader_module(
         device,
         ShaderModuleDescriptor {
-            code: include_bytes!("./../data/hello_triangle.vert.spv"),
+            code: ByteArray {
+                bytes: vs_bytes.as_ptr(),
+                length: vs_bytes.len(),
+            },
         },
     );
+    let fs_bytes = include_bytes!("./../data/hello_triangle.frag.spv");
     let _fs = wgpu_device_create_shader_module(
         device,
         ShaderModuleDescriptor {
-            code: include_bytes!("./../data/hello_triangle.frag.spv"),
+            code: ByteArray {
+                bytes: fs_bytes.as_ptr(),
+                length: fs_bytes.len(),
+            },
         },
     );
 }
diff --git a/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h b/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
index 802227d9e..93499b6c8 100644
--- a/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
+++ b/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ typedef enum {
   WGPUPowerPreference_HighPerformance = 2,
 } WGPUPowerPreference;
 
-typedef struct WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor;
-
 typedef uint32_t WGPUId;
 
 typedef WGPUId WGPUDeviceId;
@@ -34,6 +32,15 @@ typedef WGPUId WGPUInstanceId;
 
 typedef WGPUId WGPUShaderModuleId;
 
+typedef struct {
+  const uint8_t *bytes;
+  uintptr_t length;
+} WGPUByteArray;
+
+typedef struct {
+  WGPUByteArray code;
+} WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor;
+
 typedef struct {
   WGPUPowerPreference power_preference;
 } WGPUAdapterDescriptor;
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/device.rs b/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
index 22c418bc7..c630725c7 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ pub extern "C" fn wgpu_device_create_shader_module(
 ) -> ShaderModuleId {
     let device_registry = registry::DEVICE_REGISTRY.lock().unwrap();
     let device = device_registry.get(device_id).unwrap();
-    let shader = device.device.create_shader_module(desc.code).unwrap();
+    let shader = device
+        .device
+        .create_shader_module(unsafe {
+            ::std::slice::from_raw_parts(desc.code.bytes, desc.code.length)
+        }).unwrap();
     registry::SHADER_MODULE_REGISTRY
         .lock()
         .unwrap()
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs b/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
index 8b8dee710..5c3255fa0 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ pub extern "C" fn wgpu_instance_get_adapter(
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn wgpu_adapter_create_device(adapter_id: AdapterId, desc: DeviceDescriptor) -> DeviceId {
+pub extern "C" fn wgpu_adapter_create_device(
+    adapter_id: AdapterId,
+    desc: DeviceDescriptor,
+) -> DeviceId {
     let mut adapter_registry = registry::ADAPTER_REGISTRY.lock().unwrap();
     let adapter = adapter_registry.get_mut(adapter_id).unwrap();
     let (device, queue_group) = adapter.open_with::<_, hal::General>(1, |_qf| true).unwrap();
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs b/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
index d53af324c..86f8c111a 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ pub struct Extent3d {
     pub depth: f32,
 }
 
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct ByteArray {
+    pub bytes: *const u8,
+    pub length: usize,
+}
+
 pub type InstanceId = Id;
 pub(crate) type InstanceHandle = back::Instance;
 pub type AdapterId = Id;
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs b/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
index 54d3626ff..0d94aa2ac 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use hal;
 use resource;
 
-use {BlendStateId, DepthStencilStateId, PipelineLayoutId};
+use {BlendStateId, ByteArray, DepthStencilStateId, PipelineLayoutId};
 
 #[repr(C)]
 pub enum BlendFactor {
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ pub struct InputState {
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct ShaderModuleDescriptor<'a> {
-    pub code: &'a [u8],
+pub struct ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+    pub code: ByteArray,
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ pub enum ShaderStage {
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct PipelineStageDescriptor<'a> {
-    pub module: ShaderModuleDescriptor<'a>,
+pub struct PipelineStageDescriptor {
+    pub module: ShaderModuleDescriptor,
     pub stage: ShaderStage,
     pub entry_point: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
 }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub struct PipelineStageDescriptor<'a> {
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct ComputePipelineDescriptor<'a> {
     pub layout: PipelineLayoutId,
-    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor<'a>],
+    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor],
 }
 
 pub struct ComputePipeline {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub enum PrimitiveTopology {
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct RenderPipelineDescriptor<'a> {
     pub layout: PipelineLayoutId,
-    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor<'a>],
+    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor],
     pub primitive_topology: PrimitiveTopology,
     pub blend_state: &'a [BlendStateId],
     pub depth_stencil_state: DepthStencilStateId,