diff --git a/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.c b/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.c
index fadea7d..ee9fb3a 100644
--- a/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.c
+++ b/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.c
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct arena {
 
 // PUBLIC API
 
-bool wapp_mem_arena_init(Arena **arena, u64 base_capacity) {
+bool wapp_mem_arena_init(Arena **arena, u64 base_capacity, MemAllocFlags flags,
+                         bool zero_buffer) {
   if (!arena || *arena || base_capacity == 0) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ bool wapp_mem_arena_init(Arena **arena, u64 base_capacity) {
                            ? base_capacity
                            : ARENA_MINIMUM_CAPACITY;
 
-  arena_ptr->buf = (u8 *)calloc(arena_capacity, sizeof(u8));
+  arena_ptr->buf = (u8 *)wapp_mem_util_alloc(
+      arena_capacity, WAPP_MEM_ACCESS_READ_WRITE, flags,
+      zero_buffer ? WAPP_MEM_INIT_INITIALISED : WAPP_MEM_INIT_UNINITIALISED);
+
   if (!(arena_ptr->buf)) {
     wapp_mem_arena_destroy(arena);
     return false;
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ void wapp_mem_arena_destroy(Arena **arena) {
 
   Arena *arena_ptr = *arena;
   if (arena_ptr->buf) {
-    free(arena_ptr->buf);
+    wapp_mem_util_free(arena_ptr->buf, arena_ptr->capacity);
   }
 
   arena_ptr->buf = arena_ptr->offset = NULL;
diff --git a/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.h b/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.h
index febf915..2ace103 100644
--- a/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.h
+++ b/src/mem/arena/mem_arena.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define MEM_ARENA_H
 
 #include "aliases.h"
+#include "mem_utils.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef struct arena Arena;
 
-bool wapp_mem_arena_init(Arena **arena, u64 base_capacity);
+bool wapp_mem_arena_init(Arena **arena, u64 base_capacity, MemAllocFlags flags,
+                         bool zero_buffer);
 void *wapp_mem_arena_alloc(Arena *arena, u64 size);
 void *wapp_mem_arena_alloc_aligned(Arena *arena, u64 size, u64 alignment);
 void wapp_mem_arena_clear(Arena *arena);