diff --git a/src/array/ShareableArray.ts b/src/array/ShareableArray.ts
index dcea152..af4a4e6 100644
--- a/src/array/ShareableArray.ts
+++ b/src/array/ShareableArray.ts
@@ -887,11 +887,7 @@ export class ShareableArray<T> extends TransferableDataStructure {
         // Copy from shared memory to a temporary private buffer (since we cannot directly decode from shared memory)
         const sourceView = new Uint8Array(this.dataView.buffer, dataPos + ShareableArray.DATA_OBJECT_OFFSET, valueLength);
 
-        const targetView = new Uint8Array(this.getFittingDecoderBuffer(valueLength), 0, valueLength);
-        targetView.set(sourceView);
-
-
-        return encoder.decode(targetView);
+        return encoder.decode(sourceView);
     }
 
     private deleteItem(index: number): void {
diff --git a/src/encoding/NumberEncoder.ts b/src/encoding/NumberEncoder.ts
index 51e2228..0404d18 100644
--- a/src/encoding/NumberEncoder.ts
+++ b/src/encoding/NumberEncoder.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Serializable from "./Serializable";
 
 export default class NumberEncoder implements Serializable<number> {
     decode(buffer: Uint8Array): number {
-        const bufferView = new DataView(buffer.buffer);
+        const bufferView = new DataView(buffer.buffer, buffer.byteOffset, buffer.byteLength);
 
         // First byte indicates if we did store a float or an int
         const numberType = bufferView.getUint8(0);