diff --git a/dckks/sharing.go b/dckks/sharing.go
index c9c5b2b2..610726cc 100644
--- a/dckks/sharing.go
+++ b/dckks/sharing.go
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ type EncToShareProtocol struct {
 
 func NewAdditiveShare(params ckks.Parameters, logSlots int) drlwe.AdditiveShareBigint {
 
+	nValues := 1 << logSlots
 	if params.RingType() == ring.Standard {
-		logSlots++
+		nValues <<= 1
 	}
 
-	return drlwe.NewAdditiveShareBigint(logSlots)
+	return drlwe.NewAdditiveShareBigint(nValues)
 }
 
 // ShallowCopy creates a shallow copy of EncToShareProtocol in which all the read-only data-structures are
diff --git a/drlwe/additive_shares.go b/drlwe/additive_shares.go
index 0651bb33..3f4899a4 100644
--- a/drlwe/additive_shares.go
+++ b/drlwe/additive_shares.go
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ func NewAdditiveShare(r *ring.Ring) AdditiveShare {
 	return AdditiveShare{Value: r.NewPoly()}
 }
 
-// NewAdditiveShareBigint instantiates a new additive share struct composed of "2^logslots" big.Int elements.
-func NewAdditiveShareBigint(logSlots int) AdditiveShareBigint {
-
-	n := 1 << logSlots
-
+// NewAdditiveShareBigint instantiates a new additive share struct composed of n big.Int elements.
+func NewAdditiveShareBigint(n int) AdditiveShareBigint {
 	v := make([]*big.Int, n)
 	for i := range v {
 		v[i] = new(big.Int)