diff --git a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
index a6ece8e2..3aa85943 100644
--- a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
+++ b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
   bool ReadParameters(std::istream& stream, const AlignedPtr<T>& pointer) {
 
     std::uint32_t header;
-    stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&header), sizeof(header));
+    header = read_le<std::uint32_t>(stream);
     if (!stream || header != T::GetHashValue()) return false;
     return pointer->ReadParameters(stream);
   }
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
     std::uint32_t* hash_value, std::string* architecture) {
 
     std::uint32_t version, size;
-    stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&version), sizeof(version));
-    stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(hash_value), sizeof(*hash_value));
-    stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&size), sizeof(size));
+    version = read_le<std::uint32_t>(stream);
+    *hash_value = read_le<std::uint32_t>(stream);
+    size = read_le<std::uint32_t>(stream);
     if (!stream || version != kVersion) return false;
     architecture->resize(size);
     stream.read(&(*architecture)[0], size);
diff --git a/src/nnue/layers/affine_transform.h b/src/nnue/layers/affine_transform.h
index 322e3240..bac258e8 100644
--- a/src/nnue/layers/affine_transform.h
+++ b/src/nnue/layers/affine_transform.h
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE::Layers {
    // Read network parameters
     bool ReadParameters(std::istream& stream) {
       if (!previous_layer_.ReadParameters(stream)) return false;
-      stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(biases_),
-                  kOutputDimensions * sizeof(BiasType));
-      stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(weights_),
-                  kOutputDimensions * kPaddedInputDimensions *
-                  sizeof(WeightType));
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kOutputDimensions; ++i)
+        biases_[i] = read_le<BiasType>(stream);
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kOutputDimensions * kPaddedInputDimensions; ++i)
+        weights_[i] = read_le<WeightType>(stream);
       return !stream.fail();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/nnue/nnue_common.h b/src/nnue/nnue_common.h
index eab7d258..61f18aee 100644
--- a/src/nnue/nnue_common.h
+++ b/src/nnue/nnue_common.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef NNUE_COMMON_H_INCLUDED
 #define NNUE_COMMON_H_INCLUDED
 
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+
 #if defined(USE_AVX2)
 #include <immintrin.h>
 
@@ -101,6 +104,22 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
     return (n + base - 1) / base * base;
   }
 
+  // Read a signed or unsigned integer from  a stream in little-endian order
+  template <typename IntType>
+  inline IntType read_le(std::istream& stream) {
+    // Read the relevant bytes from the stream in little-endian order
+    std::uint8_t u[sizeof(IntType)];
+    stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(u), sizeof(IntType));
+    // Use unsigned arithmetic to convert to machine order
+    typename std::make_unsigned<IntType>::type v = 0;
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(IntType); ++i)
+      v = (v << 8) | u[sizeof(IntType) - i - 1];
+    // Copy the machine-ordered bytes into a potentially signed value
+    IntType w;
+    std::memcpy(&w, &v, sizeof(IntType));
+    return w;
+  }
+
 }  // namespace Eval::NNUE
 
 #endif // #ifndef NNUE_COMMON_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h b/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
index 40f2603d..4db9be9f 100644
--- a/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
+++ b/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
 
     // Read network parameters
     bool ReadParameters(std::istream& stream) {
-      stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(biases_),
-                  kHalfDimensions * sizeof(BiasType));
-      stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(weights_),
-                  kHalfDimensions * kInputDimensions * sizeof(WeightType));
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kHalfDimensions; ++i)
+        biases_[i] = read_le<BiasType>(stream);
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kHalfDimensions * kInputDimensions; ++i)
+        weights_[i] = read_le<WeightType>(stream);
       return !stream.fail();
     }