diff --git a/writer.go b/writer.go
index 437e365..d674619 100644
--- a/writer.go
+++ b/writer.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 type Writer struct {
 	previous      int64
 	gate          int64
-	writerCursor  *Cursor
 	ringSize      int64
+	writerCursor  *Cursor
 	readerBarrier Barrier
 }
 
-func NewWriter(writerCursor *Cursor, ringSize int32, readerBarrier Barrier) *Writer {
+func NewWriter(writerCursor *Cursor, ringSize int64, readerBarrier Barrier) *Writer {
 	if !isPowerOfTwo(ringSize) {
 		panic("The ring size must be a power of two, e.g. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.")
 	}
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 	return &Writer{
 		previous:      writerCursor.Load(), // show the Go runtime that the cursor is actually used
 		gate:          writerCursor.Load(), // and that it should not be optimized away
+		ringSize:      ringSize,
 		writerCursor:  writerCursor,
-		ringSize:      int64(ringSize),
 		readerBarrier: readerBarrier,
 	}
 }
 
-func isPowerOfTwo(value int32) bool {
+func isPowerOfTwo(value int64) bool {
 	return value > 0 && (value&(value-1)) == 0
 }