diff --git a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/bin/pim-simulator/main.rs b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/bin/pim-simulator/main.rs
index bf50c95..04504e2 100644
--- a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/bin/pim-simulator/main.rs
+++ b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/bin/pim-simulator/main.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct Args {
 
     /// Comma separated list of (address,size) for memory output dump
     #[arg(short, long, value_delimiter = ',', num_args = 1.., value_name = "ADDR,SIZE")]
-    dump: Vec<i32>,
+    dump: Vec<usize>,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn get_crossbars(config: &Value, args: &Args) -> anyhow::Result<HashMap<String,
 }
 
 fn dump_memory(mut executor: pimcore::Executable, args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
-    let dumps: Vec<(i32, i32)> = args
+    let dumps: Vec<(usize, usize)> = args
         .dump
         .chunks_exact(2)
         .map(|chunk| (chunk[0], chunk[1]))
diff --git a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/cpu/mod.rs b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/cpu/mod.rs
index f2c6674..30cdd09 100644
--- a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/cpu/mod.rs
+++ b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/cpu/mod.rs
@@ -91,30 +91,26 @@ impl<'a> Core<'a> {
         self.memory.execute_load()
     }
 
-    pub fn execute_store<T>(&mut self, address: impl TryToUsize, element: &[T]) -> Result<()>
+    pub fn execute_store<T>(&mut self, address: impl AddressArg, element: &[T]) -> Result<()>
     where
         T: MemoryStorable,
     {
-        let address = address.try_into().context("address can not be negative")?;
+        let address = address.to_address_usize()?;
         self.memory.execute_store(address, element)
     }
 
     pub fn reserve_load(
         &mut self,
-        address: impl TryToUsize,
+        address: impl AddressArg,
         size: impl TryToUsize,
     ) -> Result<&mut CoreMemory> {
-        let address = address.try_into().context("address can not be negative")?;
+        let address = address.to_address_usize()?;
         let size = size.try_into().context("size can not be negative")?;
         self.memory.reserve_load(address, size)
     }
 
     pub fn set_register(&mut self, index: impl TryToUsize, value: i32) {
         let index = index.try_into().expect("index can not be negative");
-        assert!(
-            value >= 0,
-            "Register cannot be negative if happens remove this and go check where it's used as usize"
-        );
         self.registers[index] = value;
     }
 
@@ -123,11 +119,11 @@ impl<'a> Core<'a> {
         self.registers[index]
     }
 
-    pub fn load<T>(&mut self, address: impl TryToUsize, size: impl TryToUsize) -> Result<Vec<&[T]>>
+    pub fn load<T>(&mut self, address: impl AddressArg, size: impl TryToUsize) -> Result<Vec<&[T]>>
     where
         T: MemoryStorable,
     {
-        let address = address.try_into().context("address can not be negative")?;
+        let address = address.to_address_usize()?;
         let size = size.try_into().context("size can not be negative")?;
         self.memory.load(address, size)
     }
@@ -141,8 +137,8 @@ impl<'a> Core<'a> {
         (memory, crossbars)
     }
 
-    pub fn memset(&mut self, address: impl TryToUsize, size: impl TryToUsize, val: u8) -> Result<()> {
-        let address = address.try_into().context("address can not be negative")?;
+    pub fn memset(&mut self, address: impl AddressArg, size: impl TryToUsize, val: u8) -> Result<()> {
+        let address = address.to_address_usize()?;
         let size = size.try_into().context("size can not be negative")?;
         self.memory.memset(address, size, val)
     }
diff --git a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/utility.rs b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/utility.rs
index c12d4e9..96e354d 100644
--- a/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/utility.rs
+++ b/backend-simulators/pim/pim-simulator/src/lib/utility.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,44 @@
 use std::{fmt::Debug, mem::transmute};
 
-use crate::memory_manager::type_traits::TryToUsize;
 
+pub trait AddressArg {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize>;
+}
+
+impl AddressArg for usize {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize> {
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressArg for u32 {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize> {
+        Ok(self as usize)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressArg for u64 {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize> {
+        usize::try_from(self).context("address does not fit in usize")
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressArg for i32 {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize> {
+        Ok(self as u32 as usize)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AddressArg for i64 {
+    fn to_address_usize(self) -> Result<usize> {
+        usize::try_from(self).context("address can not be negative")
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn address_to_usize(address: i32) -> usize {
+    address as u32 as usize
+}
 
 fn add_offset_impl(address: usize, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32, id:i32) -> usize{
      assert!(offset_select == 1 || offset_select == 2 || offset_select == 4 || offset_value == 0, "offset_select not a bit field");
@@ -14,21 +51,21 @@ fn add_offset_impl(address: usize, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32, id:i
 }
 
 
-pub fn add_offset_rd(address: impl TryToUsize, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
+pub fn add_offset_rd(address: i32, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
 {
-    let address = address.try_into().expect("address can not be negative");
+    let address = address_to_usize(address);
     add_offset_impl(address, offset_select, offset_value, 4)
 }
 
-pub fn add_offset_r1(address: impl TryToUsize, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
+pub fn add_offset_r1(address: i32, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
 {
-    let address = address.try_into().expect("address can not be negative");
+    let address = address_to_usize(address);
     add_offset_impl(address, offset_select, offset_value, 1)
 }
 
-pub fn add_offset_r2(address: impl TryToUsize, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
+pub fn add_offset_r2(address: i32, offset_select : i32, offset_value : i32) -> usize
 {
-    let address = address.try_into().expect("address can not be negative");
+    let address = address_to_usize(address);
     add_offset_impl(address, offset_select, offset_value, 2)
 }