diff --git a/src/event_loop.c b/src/event_loop.c
index 2c72def0..12e0cf69 100644
--- a/src/event_loop.c
+++ b/src/event_loop.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static EVENT_HANDLER(APPLICATION_LAUNCHED)
 {
     struct process *process = context;
 
-    if (process->terminated) {
+    if (__atomic_load_n(&process->terminated, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)) {
         debug("%s: %s (%d) terminated during launch\n", __FUNCTION__, process->name, process->pid);
         window_manager_remove_lost_front_switched_event(&g_window_manager, process->pid);
         return;
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static EVENT_HANDLER(WINDOW_DESTROYED)
 {
     struct window *window = context;
     debug("%s: %s %d\n", __FUNCTION__, window->application->name, window->id);
-    assert(!window->id_ptr);
+    assert(!__atomic_load_n(&window->id_ptr, __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
     border_destroy(window);
 
     struct view *view = window_manager_find_managed_window(&g_window_manager, window);
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ static EVENT_HANDLER(DAEMON_MESSAGE)
 
 static void *event_loop_run(void *context)
 {
-    struct event *head;
+    struct event *head, *next;
     struct event_loop *event_loop = context;
 
     while (event_loop->is_running) {
@@ -1474,12 +1474,13 @@ static void *event_loop_run(void *context)
 
         for (;;) {
             do {
-                head = event_loop->head;
-                if (!head->next) goto empty;
-            } while (!__sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&event_loop->head, head, head->next));
+                head = __atomic_load_n(&event_loop->head, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+                next = __atomic_load_n(&head->next, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+                if (!next) goto empty;
+            } while (!__sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&event_loop->head, head, next));
 
-            switch (head->next->type) {
-#define EVENT_TYPE_ENTRY(value) case value: EVENT_HANDLER_##value(head->next->context, head->next->param1); break;
+            switch (__atomic_load_n(&next->type, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)) {
+#define EVENT_TYPE_ENTRY(value) case value: EVENT_HANDLER_##value(__atomic_load_n(&next->context, __ATOMIC_RELAXED), __atomic_load_n(&next->param1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)); break;
                 EVENT_TYPE_LIST
 #undef EVENT_TYPE_ENTRY
             }
@@ -1502,14 +1503,14 @@ void event_loop_post(struct event_loop *event_loop, enum event_type type, void *
     struct event *tail, *new_tail;
 
     new_tail = memory_pool_push(&event_loop->pool, sizeof(struct event));
-    new_tail->type = type;
-    new_tail->param1 = param1;
-    new_tail->context = context;
-    new_tail->next = NULL;
+    __atomic_store_n(&new_tail->type, type, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+    __atomic_store_n(&new_tail->param1, param1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+    __atomic_store_n(&new_tail->context, context, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+    __atomic_store_n(&new_tail->next, NULL, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
     __asm__ __volatile__ ("" ::: "memory");
 
     do {
-        tail = event_loop->tail;
+        tail = __atomic_load_n(&event_loop->tail, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
         success = __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&tail->next, NULL, new_tail);
     } while (!success);
     __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&event_loop->tail, tail, new_tail);
diff --git a/src/misc/memory_pool.h b/src/misc/memory_pool.h
index f066e6ee..34c011cc 100644
--- a/src/misc/memory_pool.h
+++ b/src/misc/memory_pool.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bool memory_pool_init(struct memory_pool *pool, uint64_t size)
 void *memory_pool_push(struct memory_pool *pool, uint64_t size)
 {
     for (;;) {
-        uint64_t used = pool->used;
+        uint64_t used = __atomic_load_n(&pool->used, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
         uint64_t new_used = used + size;
 
         if (new_used < pool->size) {
diff --git a/src/misc/ts.h b/src/misc/ts.h
index c3551e26..d9cd0964 100644
--- a/src/misc/ts.h
+++ b/src/misc/ts.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ bool ts_init(uint64_t size)
     return result;
 }
 
-static inline void ts_assert_within_bounds(void)
+static inline void ts_assert_within_bounds(uint64_t size)
 {
-    if (g_temp_storage.used > g_temp_storage.size) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "fatal error: temporary_storage exceeded amount of allocated memory. requested %lld, but allocated size is %lld\n", g_temp_storage.used, g_temp_storage.size);
+    if (size > g_temp_storage.size) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "fatal error: temporary_storage exceeded amount of allocated memory. requested %lld, but allocated size is %lld\n", size, g_temp_storage.size);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 }
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ static inline uint64_t ts_align(uint64_t used, uint64_t align)
 static inline void *ts_alloc_aligned(uint64_t alignment, uint64_t size)
 {
     for (;;) {
-        uint64_t used = g_temp_storage.used;
+        uint64_t used = __atomic_load_n(&g_temp_storage.used, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
         uint64_t aligned = ts_align(used, alignment);
         uint64_t new_used = aligned + size;
 
         if (__sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&g_temp_storage.used, used, new_used)) {
-            ts_assert_within_bounds();
+            ts_assert_within_bounds(new_used);
             return g_temp_storage.memory + aligned;
         }
     }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline void *ts_alloc_aligned(uint64_t alignment, uint64_t size)
 static inline void *ts_alloc_unaligned(uint64_t size)
 {
     uint64_t used = __sync_fetch_and_add(&g_temp_storage.used, size);
-    ts_assert_within_bounds();
+    ts_assert_within_bounds(used+size);
     return g_temp_storage.memory + used;
 }
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ static inline void *ts_expand(void *ptr, uint64_t old_size, uint64_t increment)
 {
     if (ptr) {
         assert(ptr == g_temp_storage.memory + g_temp_storage.used - old_size);
-        __sync_fetch_and_add(&g_temp_storage.used, increment);
-        ts_assert_within_bounds();
+        uint64_t used = __sync_fetch_and_add(&g_temp_storage.used, increment);
+        ts_assert_within_bounds(used+increment);
     } else {
         ptr = ts_alloc_unaligned(increment);
     }
diff --git a/src/mouse_handler.c b/src/mouse_handler.c
index a30a3727..cbc1663f 100644
--- a/src/mouse_handler.c
+++ b/src/mouse_handler.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ static MOUSE_HANDLER(mouse_handler)
     switch (type) {
     case kCGEventTapDisabledByTimeout:
     case kCGEventTapDisabledByUserInput: {
-        if (mouse_state->handle) CGEventTapEnable(mouse_state->handle, true);
+        CFMachPortRef handle = __atomic_load_n(&mouse_state->handle, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+        if (handle) CGEventTapEnable(handle, true);
     } break;
     case kCGEventLeftMouseDown:
     case kCGEventRightMouseDown: {
@@ -288,5 +289,5 @@ void mouse_handler_end(struct mouse_state *mouse_state)
     CFRunLoopRemoveSource(CFRunLoopGetMain(), mouse_state->runloop_source, kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
     CFRelease(mouse_state->runloop_source);
     CFRelease(mouse_state->handle);
-    mouse_state->handle = NULL;
+    __atomic_store_n(&mouse_state->handle, NULL, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 }
diff --git a/src/process_manager.c b/src/process_manager.c
index 8b147401..d6da9a81 100644
--- a/src/process_manager.c
+++ b/src/process_manager.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ struct process *process_create(ProcessSerialNumber psn)
     process->psn = psn;
     GetProcessPID(&process->psn, &process->pid);
     process->name = process_name;
-    process->terminated = false;
-    process->ns_application = workspace_application_create_running_ns_application(process);
+    __atomic_store_n(&process->terminated, false, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+    __atomic_store_n(&process->ns_application, workspace_application_create_running_ns_application(process), __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
     return process;
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static PROCESS_EVENT_HANDLER(process_handler)
         struct process *process = process_manager_find_process(pm, &psn);
         if (!process) return noErr;
 
-        process->terminated = true;
+        __atomic_store_n(&process->terminated, true, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
         process_manager_remove_process(pm, &psn);
         __asm__ __volatile__ ("" ::: "memory");
 
diff --git a/src/workspace.m b/src/workspace.m
index 0d5d8ad5..17336992 100644
--- a/src/workspace.m
+++ b/src/workspace.m
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bool workspace_event_handler_begin(void **context)
 
 void workspace_application_destroy_running_ns_application(void *ws_context, struct process *process)
 {
-    NSRunningApplication *application = process->ns_application;
+    NSRunningApplication *application = __atomic_load_n(&process->ns_application, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 
     if (application) {
         if ([application observationInfo]) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void workspace_application_destroy_running_ns_application(void *ws_context, stru
 
 void workspace_application_observe_finished_launching(void *context, struct process *process)
 {
-    NSRunningApplication *application = process->ns_application;
+    NSRunningApplication *application = __atomic_load_n(&process->ns_application, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     if (application) {
         [application addObserver:context forKeyPath:@"finishedLaunching" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionInitial|NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:process];
     } else {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void workspace_application_observe_finished_launching(void *context, struct proc
 
 void workspace_application_observe_activation_policy(void *context, struct process *process)
 {
-    NSRunningApplication *application = process->ns_application;
+    NSRunningApplication *application = __atomic_load_n(&process->ns_application, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     if (application) {
         [application addObserver:context forKeyPath:@"activationPolicy" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionInitial|NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:process];
     } else {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void workspace_application_observe_activation_policy(void *context, struct proce
 
 bool workspace_application_is_observable(struct process *process)
 {
-    NSRunningApplication *application = process->ns_application;
+    NSRunningApplication *application = __atomic_load_n(&process->ns_application, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     if (application) {
         return [application activationPolicy] != NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited;
     } else {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ bool workspace_application_is_observable(struct process *process)
 
 bool workspace_application_is_finished_launching(struct process *process)
 {
-    NSRunningApplication *application = process->ns_application;
+    NSRunningApplication *application = __atomic_load_n(&process->ns_application, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     if (application) {
         return [application isFinishedLaunching] == YES;
     } else {