diff --git a/src/crypto/error.cpp b/src/crypto/error.cpp
index 1765ca5..d4a3d45 100644
--- a/src/crypto/error.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/error.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 namespace essence::crypto {
     namespace {
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] const scope_exit crypto_error_strings_scope{
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE const scope_exit crypto_error_strings_scope{
             [] { ERR_load_crypto_strings(); }, [] { ERR_free_strings(); }};
     } // namespace
 
diff --git a/src/dllmain.cpp b/src/dllmain.cpp
index 2fcfb65..6a54f0d 100644
--- a/src/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/src/dllmain.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ES_API(CPPESSENCE) unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long type) {
 #endif
 
 namespace {
-    ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+    [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
         init() {
             try {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/environment.cpp b/src/environment.cpp
index 62b4ae0..90e92e1 100644
--- a/src/environment.cpp
+++ b/src/environment.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace essence {
             raw_argv = argv;
         };
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 command_line_args.reserve(raw_argc);
 
diff --git a/src/imaging/bmp.cpp b/src/imaging/bmp.cpp
index faae8a4..c480564 100644
--- a/src/imaging/bmp.cpp
+++ b/src/imaging/bmp.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace essence::imaging {
             }
         };
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 register_image_header_extractor(abstract::image_header_extractor{bmp_header_extractor{}});
             }
diff --git a/src/imaging/jfif.cpp b/src/imaging/jfif.cpp
index 0ba30c5..d5df812 100644
--- a/src/imaging/jfif.cpp
+++ b/src/imaging/jfif.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace essence::imaging {
             }
         };
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 register_image_header_extractor(abstract::image_header_extractor{jfif_header_extractor{}});
             }
diff --git a/src/imaging/png.cpp b/src/imaging/png.cpp
index 71aec15..fb77652 100644
--- a/src/imaging/png.cpp
+++ b/src/imaging/png.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace essence::imaging {
             }
         };
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 register_image_header_extractor(abstract::image_header_extractor{png_header_extractor{}});
             }
diff --git a/src/io/compression_zlibng.cpp b/src/io/compression_zlibng.cpp
index b33f8c6..651991f 100644
--- a/src/io/compression_zlibng.cpp
+++ b/src/io/compression_zlibng.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace essence::io {
 
         void decompress(std::span<const std::byte> buffer, const abstract::writable_buffer& result) {}
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 add_compression_routines(compression_mode::zlib, compression_routines{
                                                                      .compress   = &compress,
diff --git a/src/io/compression_zstd.cpp b/src/io/compression_zstd.cpp
index 69fc1f2..8034311 100644
--- a/src/io/compression_zstd.cpp
+++ b/src/io/compression_zstd.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace essence::io {
             check_error(ZSTD_decompress(result.data(), result.size_bytes(), buffer.data(), buffer.size()));
         }
 
-        ES_KEEP_ALIVE [[maybe_unused]] struct init {
+        [[maybe_unused]] ES_KEEP_ALIVE struct init {
             init() {
                 add_compression_routines(compression_mode::zstd, compression_routines{
                                                                      .compress   = &compress,