diff --git a/src/networking/mod.rs b/src/networking/mod.rs
index b63ce1c..dde9b21 100644
--- a/src/networking/mod.rs
+++ b/src/networking/mod.rs
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ impl Network {
         host_bits -= network_bits;
 
         //Determine Spacing
-        let network_spacing = 2 ^ subnet_mask[most_sig_octet].count_ones() as u8;
+        let network_spacing = u8::pow(2, subnet_mask[most_sig_octet].count_ones());
 
         //Determine number of networks in the subnet
         let mut num_networks: u8 = 0;
         for i in 1..network_bits {
-            num_networks += 2^i;
+            num_networks += u8::pow(2, u32::from(i));
         }
 
         //Generate base address