diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9f629dbb..9825d3ae 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct Buffer {
     special_tokens_mask: *mut u32,
     attention_mask: *mut u32,
     tokens: *mut *mut libc::c_char,
-    offsets: *mut (usize, usize),
+    offsets: *mut usize,
     len: usize,
 }
 
@@ -126,9 +126,14 @@ pub extern "C" fn encode(ptr: *mut libc::c_void, message: *const libc::c_char, o
         std::mem::forget(vec_attention_mask);
     }
 
-    let mut offsets: *mut (usize, usize) = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut offsets: *mut usize = ptr::null_mut();
     if options.return_offsets {
-        let mut vec_offsets = encoding.get_offsets().to_vec();
+        let vec_offsets_tuples = encoding.get_offsets().to_vec();
+        let mut vec_offsets = Vec::with_capacity(vec_offsets_tuples.len() * 2);
+        for i in vec_offsets_tuples {
+            vec_offsets.push(i.0);
+            vec_offsets.push(i.1);
+        }
         vec_offsets.shrink_to_fit();
         offsets = vec_offsets.as_mut_ptr();
         std::mem::forget(vec_offsets);
@@ -193,6 +198,11 @@ pub extern "C" fn free_buffer(buf: Buffer) {
             Vec::from_raw_parts(buf.attention_mask, buf.len, buf.len);
         }
     }
+    if !buf.offsets.is_null() {
+        unsafe {
+            Vec::from_raw_parts(buf.offsets, buf.len*2, buf.len*2);
+        }
+    }
     if !buf.tokens.is_null() {
         unsafe {
             let strings = Vec::from_raw_parts(buf.tokens, buf.len, buf.len);
diff --git a/tokenizer.go b/tokenizer.go
index a48b937c..80c0a17c 100644
--- a/tokenizer.go
+++ b/tokenizer.go
@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ func uintVecToSlice(arrPtr *C.uint, len int) []uint32 {
 	return slice
 }
 
-func offsetVecToSlice(arrPtr *C.struct_Tuple, len int) []Offset {
-	arr := unsafe.Slice(arrPtr, len)
-	slice := make([]Offset, len)
-	for i, v := range arr {
-		slice[i] = Offset{uint(v.a), uint(v.b)}
+func offsetVecToSlice(arrPtr *C.size_t, tokenLength int) []Offset {
+	arr := unsafe.Slice(arrPtr, tokenLength*2)
+	slice := make([]Offset, tokenLength)
+	counter := 0
+	for i := 0; i < tokenLength; i++ {
+		offset := Offset{uint(arr[counter]), uint(arr[counter+1])}
+		slice[i] = offset
+		counter = counter + 2
 	}
 	return slice
 }
diff --git a/tokenizers.h b/tokenizers.h
index 67bb278f..db881da3 100644
--- a/tokenizers.h
+++ b/tokenizers.h
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-// maps to a rust tuple of usize
-struct Tuple {
-  size_t a;
-  size_t b;
-};
-
 struct EncodeOptions {
   bool add_special_token;
   bool return_type_ids;
@@ -26,7 +20,7 @@ struct Buffer {
   uint32_t *special_tokens_mask;
   uint32_t *attention_mask;
   char *tokens;
-  struct Tuple* offsets;
+  size_t *offsets;
   uint32_t len;
 };