diff --git a/src/Decoder/Decoder.php b/src/Decoder/Decoder.php
index ed4b7af50..95ae74e22 100644
--- a/src/Decoder/Decoder.php
+++ b/src/Decoder/Decoder.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ final class Decoder{
 		}
 
 		return new DecoderResult([
-			'rawBytes'                 => $bytes,
+			'rawBytes'                 => $bitBuffer,
 			'data'                     => $result,
 			'version'                  => $this->version,
 			'eccLevel'                 => $this->eccLevel,
diff --git a/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php b/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
index 444cc6912..72e4d964f 100644
--- a/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
+++ b/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use function property_exists;
  */
 final class DecoderResult{
 
-	private array       $rawBytes;
+	private BitBuffer   $rawBytes;
 	private string      $data;
 	private Version     $version;
 	private EccLevel    $eccLevel;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class DecoderResult{
 	public function getMatrix():QRMatrix{
 		return (new QRMatrix($this->version, $this->eccLevel, $this->maskPattern))
 			->initFunctionalPatterns()
-			->writeCodewords(new BitBuffer($this->rawBytes))
+			->writeCodewords($this->rawBytes)
 			->mask()
 		;
 	}