diff --git a/src/Common/BitBuffer.php b/src/Common/BitBuffer.php
index 480340b99..c56bd0ddc 100644
--- a/src/Common/BitBuffer.php
+++ b/src/Common/BitBuffer.php
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ final class BitBuffer{
 	/**
 	 * The buffer content
 	 *
+	 * to debug: `array_map(fn($v) => sprintf('%08b', $v), $bitBuffer->buffer)`
+	 *
 	 * @var int[]
 	 */
-	private array $buffer;
+	private(set) array $buffer;
 
 	/**
 	 * Length of the content (bits)
 	 */
-	private int $length;
+	private(set) int $length;
 
 	/**
 	 * Read count (bytes)
@@ -82,24 +84,6 @@ final class BitBuffer{
 		return $this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * returns the current buffer length
-	 */
-	public function getLength():int{
-		return $this->length;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * returns the buffer content
-	 *
-	 * to debug: `array_map(fn($v) => sprintf('%08b', $v), $bitBuffer->getBuffer())`
-	 *
-	 * @return int[]
-	 */
-	public function getBuffer():array{
-		return $this->buffer;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the number of bits that can be read successfully
 	 */
diff --git a/src/Data/QRData.php b/src/Data/QRData.php
index 32af66319..517afc1bb 100644
--- a/src/Data/QRData.php
+++ b/src/Data/QRData.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ final class QRData{
 			throw new QRCodeDataException('version auto detection is not available');
 		}
 
-		if($bitBuffer->getLength() === 0){
+		if($bitBuffer->length === 0){
 			throw new QRCodeDataException('the given BitBuffer is empty');
 		}
 
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ final class QRData{
 		}
 
 		// overflow, likely caused due to invalid version setting
-		if($this->bitBuffer->getLength() > $MAX_BITS){
+		if($this->bitBuffer->length > $MAX_BITS){
 			throw new QRCodeDataException(
-				sprintf('code length overflow. (%d > %d bit)', $this->bitBuffer->getLength(), $MAX_BITS),
+				sprintf('code length overflow. (%d > %d bit)', $this->bitBuffer->length, $MAX_BITS),
 			);
 		}
 
 		// add terminator (ISO/IEC 18004:2000 Table 2)
-		if(($this->bitBuffer->getLength() + 4) <= $MAX_BITS){
+		if(($this->bitBuffer->length + 4) <= $MAX_BITS){
 			$this->bitBuffer->put(Mode::TERMINATOR, 4);
 		}
 
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ final class QRData{
 
 		// if the final codeword is not exactly 8 bits in length, it shall be made 8 bits long
 		// by the addition of padding bits with binary value 0
-		while(($this->bitBuffer->getLength() % 8) !== 0){
+		while(($this->bitBuffer->length % 8) !== 0){
 
-			if($this->bitBuffer->getLength() === $MAX_BITS){
+			if($this->bitBuffer->length === $MAX_BITS){
 				break;
 			}
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ final class QRData{
 		// Codewords 11101100 and 00010001 alternately.
 		$alternate = false;
 
-		while(($this->bitBuffer->getLength() + 8) <= $MAX_BITS){
+		while(($this->bitBuffer->length + 8) <= $MAX_BITS){
 			$this->bitBuffer->put(($alternate) ? 0b00010001 : 0b11101100, 8);
 
 			$alternate = !$alternate;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ final class QRData{
 
 		// In certain versions of symbol, it may be necessary to add 3, 4 or 7 Remainder Bits (all zeros)
 		// to the end of the message in order exactly to fill the symbol capacity
-		while($this->bitBuffer->getLength() <= $MAX_BITS){
+		while($this->bitBuffer->length <= $MAX_BITS){
 			$this->bitBuffer->putBit(false);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Data/ReedSolomonEncoder.php b/src/Data/ReedSolomonEncoder.php
index 4fca1fe6c..38b64b9d6 100644
--- a/src/Data/ReedSolomonEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Data/ReedSolomonEncoder.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ final class ReedSolomonEncoder{
 			$rsBlocks = array_merge($rsBlocks, array_fill(0, $l2, [($numEccCodewords + $b2), $b2]));
 		}
 
-		$bitBufferData  = $bitBuffer->getBuffer();
+		$bitBufferData  = $bitBuffer->buffer;
 		$dataBytes      = [];
 		$ecBytes        = [];
 		$maxDataBytes   = 0;
diff --git a/tests/Common/BitBufferTest.php b/tests/Common/BitBufferTest.php
index 141120520..2a9eef394 100644
--- a/tests/Common/BitBufferTest.php
+++ b/tests/Common/BitBufferTest.php
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ final class BitBufferTest extends TestCase{
 	public function put(int $data, int $expected):void{
 		$this->bitBuffer->put($data, 4);
 
-		$this::assertSame($expected, $this->bitBuffer->getBuffer()[0]);
-		$this::assertSame(4, $this->bitBuffer->getLength());
+		$this::assertSame($expected, $this->bitBuffer->buffer[0]);
+		$this::assertSame(4, $this->bitBuffer->length);
 	}
 
 	#[Test]