diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e7bca4f..6c473fa 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl FuzzyTag {
     ///    let decompressed_tag = FuzzyTag::decompress(&compressed_tag).unwrap();
     ///    assert_eq!(tag, decompressed_tag);
     /// ```
-    pub fn decompress(bytes: &Vec<u8>) -> Option<FuzzyTag> {
+    pub fn decompress(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<FuzzyTag> {
         if bytes.len() > 64 {
             let (u_bytes, rest) = bytes.split_at(32);
             let (y_bytes, ciphertext) = rest.split_at(32);