diff --git a/src/decoder_result.rs b/src/decoder_result.rs
index 0af46a6..e7cf526 100644
--- a/src/decoder_result.rs
+++ b/src/decoder_result.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::rate::DecoderWork;
+use std::mem::take;
 
 // ======================================================================
 // DecoderResult - PUBLIC
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ impl<'a> DecoderResult<'a> {
     pub fn restored_original_iter(&self) -> RestoredOriginal {
         RestoredOriginal::new(self.work)
     }
+
+    /// Returns inner Vec
+    pub fn into_inner_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let data = take(&mut self.work.shards.data);
+        //TODO: truncate
+        //data.truncate(self.
+        self.work.reset_received();
+        data
+    }
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
diff --git a/src/engine/shards.rs b/src/engine/shards.rs
index 4df3911..860f2f1 100644
--- a/src/engine/shards.rs
+++ b/src/engine/shards.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Shards {
     shard_bytes: usize,
 
     // Flat array of `shard_count * shard_bytes` bytes.
-    data: Vec<u8>,
+    pub(crate) data: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl Shards {
diff --git a/src/rate/decoder_work.rs b/src/rate/decoder_work.rs
index f5145ad..213ba18 100644
--- a/src/rate/decoder_work.rs
+++ b/src/rate/decoder_work.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct DecoderWork {
     recovery_received_count: usize,
     // May contain extra zero bits.
     received: FixedBitSet,
-    shards: Shards,
+    pub(crate) shards: Shards,
 }
 
 impl DecoderWork {