diff --git a/crates/wit/src/token_stream_generator/foreign_mod_generator.rs b/crates/wit/src/token_stream_generator/foreign_mod_generator.rs
index 4f5f678..2a8e28a 100644
--- a/crates/wit/src/token_stream_generator/foreign_mod_generator.rs
+++ b/crates/wit/src/token_stream_generator/foreign_mod_generator.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ fn generate_wrapper_functions(extern_item: &fce_ast_types::AstExternModItem) ->
             #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
             #[doc(hidden)]
             #[allow(clippy::all)]
-            #visibility unsafe fn #func_name(#(#arg_names: #arg_types), *) #return_type {
+            #visibility fn #func_name(#(#arg_names: #arg_types), *) #return_type {
+                unsafe {
+
                 // make complex arguments manually droppable
                 #arg_transforms
 
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ fn generate_wrapper_functions(extern_item: &fce_ast_types::AstExternModItem) ->
 
                 // return value conversation from Wasm type to a Rust type
                 #epilog
+
+                }
             }
         };