diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Extensions/FmtFormatter.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Extensions/FmtFormatter.hpp
index fe29f17..52fa524 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Extensions/FmtFormatter.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Extensions/FmtFormatter.hpp
@@ -324,18 +324,12 @@ struct fmt::formatter<OpenVulkano::Math::Timestamp>
 };
 
 template<>
-struct fmt::formatter<float16>
+struct fmt::formatter<UNDERLYING_FLOAT16_TYPE> : fmt::formatter<float>
 {
-    template<typename ParseContext>
-    constexpr auto parse(ParseContext& ctx)
-    {
-        return fmt::formatter<float>{}.parse(ctx);
-    }
-
     template<typename FormatContext>
-    auto format(const float16& f, FormatContext& ctx) const
+    auto format(const UNDERLYING_FLOAT16_TYPE& f, FormatContext& ctx) const
     {
-        return fmt::formatter<float>{}.format(static_cast<float>(f), ctx);
+        return fmt::formatter<float>::format(static_cast<float>(f), ctx);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp
index 8cc7531..372fb7c 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
 // map a half float type, if available, to float16
 #if __has_keyword(_Float16)
 	typedef _Float16    float16;
+	#define UNDERLYING_FLOAT16_TYPE _Float16
 #elif __has_keyword(__fp16)
 	typedef __fp16      float16;
+	#define UNDERLYING_FLOAT16_TYPE __fp16
 #else
 #define USING_CUSTOM_FLOAT16
+	#define UNDERLYING_FLOAT16_TYPE float16
 
 class float16
 {