diff --git a/lib/pgvector.dart b/lib/pgvector.dart
index 70df0a0..980a3d6 100644
--- a/lib/pgvector.dart
+++ b/lib/pgvector.dart
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class Pgvector {
     if (input is String) {
       input = Uint8List.fromList(utf8.encode(input));
     }
-    var bdata = new ByteData.view(input.buffer, input.offsetInBytes);
-    return Vector.fromBinary(bdata).toList();
+    return Vector.fromBinary(input).toList();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vector.dart b/lib/vector.dart
index eb84d59..41258e7 100644
--- a/lib/vector.dart
+++ b/lib/vector.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class Vector {
 
   const Vector(this.vec);
 
-  factory Vector.fromBinary(ByteData bdata) {
+  factory Vector.fromBinary(Uint8List bytes) {
+    var bdata = new ByteData.view(bytes.buffer, bytes.offsetInBytes);
     var dim = bdata.getUint16(0);
     var unused = bdata.getUint16(2);
     if (unused != 0) {