diff --git a/src/align.rs b/src/align.rs
index 0cc79a08d..0320e25da 100644
--- a/src/align.rs
+++ b/src/align.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ impl_ArrayDefault!(i16);
 impl_ArrayDefault!(i32);
 impl_ArrayDefault!(u16);
 
+pub trait AlignedByteChunk
+where
+    Self: Sized,
+{
+}
+
 macro_rules! def_align {
     ($align:literal, $name:ident) => {
         #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -84,6 +90,8 @@ macro_rules! def_align {
                 <Self as ArrayDefault>::default()
             }
         }
+
+        impl AlignedByteChunk for $name<[u8; $align]> {}
     };
 }
 
@@ -95,19 +103,25 @@ def_align!(16, Align16);
 def_align!(32, Align32);
 def_align!(64, Align64);
 
-/// A [`Vec`] that uses a 64-byte aligned allocation.
+/// A [`Vec`] that uses [`mem::size_of`]`::<C>()` aligned allocations.
 ///
 /// Only works with [`Copy`] types so that we don't have to handle drop logic.
-pub struct AlignedVec64<T: Copy> {
-    inner: Vec<MaybeUninit<Align64<[u8; 64]>>>,
+pub struct AlignedVec<T: Copy, C: AlignedByteChunk> {
+    inner: Vec<MaybeUninit<C>>,
 
     /// The number of `T`s in [`Self::inner`] currently initialized.
     len: usize,
     _phantom: PhantomData<T>,
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> AlignedVec64<T> {
+impl<T: Copy, C: AlignedByteChunk> AlignedVec<T, C> {
+    /// Must check in all constructors.
+    const fn check_byte_chunk_type_is_aligned() {
+        assert!(mem::size_of::<C>() == mem::align_of::<C>());
+    }
+
     pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::check_byte_chunk_type_is_aligned();
         Self {
             inner: Vec::new(),
             len: 0,
@@ -147,13 +161,13 @@ impl<T: Copy> AlignedVec64<T> {
 
         // Resize the underlying vector to have enough chunks for the new length.
         //
-        // NOTE: We don't need to `drop` any elements if the `Vec` is truncated since
-        // `T: Copy`.
+        // NOTE: We don't need to `drop` any elements if the `Vec` is truncated since `T: Copy`.
         let new_bytes = mem::size_of::<T>() * new_len;
-        let new_chunks = if (new_bytes % 64) == 0 {
-            new_bytes / 64
+        let chunk_size = mem::size_of::<C>();
+        let new_chunks = if (new_bytes % chunk_size) == 0 {
+            new_bytes / chunk_size
         } else {
-            (new_bytes / 64) + 1
+            (new_bytes / chunk_size) + 1
         };
         self.inner.resize_with(new_chunks, MaybeUninit::uninit);
 
@@ -170,7 +184,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> AlignedVec64<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> Deref for AlignedVec64<T> {
+impl<T: Copy, C: AlignedByteChunk> Deref for AlignedVec<T, C> {
     type Target = [T];
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -178,15 +192,17 @@ impl<T: Copy> Deref for AlignedVec64<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> DerefMut for AlignedVec64<T> {
+impl<T: Copy, C: AlignedByteChunk> DerefMut for AlignedVec<T, C> {
     fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
         self.as_mut_slice()
     }
 }
 
 // NOTE: Custom impl so that we don't require `T: Default`.
-impl<T: Copy> Default for AlignedVec64<T> {
+impl<T: Copy, C: AlignedByteChunk> Default for AlignedVec<T, C> {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new()
     }
 }
+
+pub type AlignedVec64<T> = AlignedVec<T, Align64<[u8; 64]>>;
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index 2e707df32..c3e5ec475 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -424,22 +424,28 @@ pub struct CodedBlockInfo {
     pub txtp: [u8; 3], /* plane */
 }
 
-// TODO: Temporary `Default` impl to support using `mem::take` to manually drop
-// this field. Remove once the context is fully owned and can be dropped
-// normally.
 #[derive(Default)]
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct Rav1dFrameContext_frame_thread {
-    pub next_tile_row: [c_int; 2], /* 0: reconstruction, 1: entropy */
-    // indexed using t->by * f->b4_stride + t->bx
+    /// Indices: 0: reconstruction, 1: entropy.
+    pub next_tile_row: [c_int; 2],
+
+    /// Indexed using `t.by * f.b4_stride + t.bx`.
     pub b: Vec<Av1Block>,
+
     pub cbi: Vec<CodedBlockInfo>,
-    // indexed using (t->by >> 1) * (f->b4_stride >> 1) + (t->bx >> 1)
-    pub pal: AlignedVec64<[[u16; 8]; 3]>, /* [3 plane][8 idx] */
-    // iterated over inside tile state
+
+    /// Indexed using `(t.by >> 1) * (f.b4_stride >> 1) + (t.bx >> 1)`.
+    /// Inner indices are `[3 plane][8 idx]`.
+    pub pal: AlignedVec64<[[u16; 8]; 3]>,
+
+    /// Iterated over inside tile state.
     pub pal_idx: AlignedVec64<u8>,
-    pub cf: AlignedVec64<u8>, // AlignedVec64<DynCoef>
-    // start offsets per tile
+
+    /// [`AlignedVec64`]`<`[`DynCoef`]`>`
+    pub cf: AlignedVec64<u8>,
+
+    /// Start offsets per tile
     pub tile_start_off: Vec<u32>,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d8d12db54..b0efb8d26 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use crate::src::fg_apply;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dContext;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dContextTaskThread;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dContextTaskType;
+use crate::src::internal::Rav1dFrameContext_frame_thread;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dFrameData;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dTask;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dTaskContext;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use std::process::abort;
 use std::ptr;
+use std::ptr::addr_of_mut;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::slice;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicI32;
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn rav1d_open(c_out: &mut *mut Rav1dContext, s: &Rav1dSettings
     let mut n: c_uint = 0 as c_int as c_uint;
     while n < (*c).n_fc {
         let f: &mut Rav1dFrameData = &mut *((*c).fc).offset(n as isize);
+        addr_of_mut!(f.frame_thread).write(Default::default());
         if n_tc > 1 {
             f.task_thread.lock = Mutex::new(());
             f.task_thread.cond = Condvar::new();