diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index e9e0624a..827483f7 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var channels = plugins.Channels{
 }
 
 var report = reporting.Init()
-var secretsChan = make(chan reporting.Secret)
+var secretsChan = make(chan *reporting.Secret)
 
 func Execute() (int, error) {
 	vConfig.SetEnvPrefix(envPrefix)
diff --git a/reporting/report.go b/reporting/report.go
index e2a75ff7..1be8437e 100644
--- a/reporting/report.go
+++ b/reporting/report.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Report struct {
-	TotalItemsScanned int                 `json:"totalItemsScanned"`
-	TotalSecretsFound int                 `json:"totalSecretsFound"`
-	Results           map[string][]Secret `json:"results"`
+	TotalItemsScanned int                  `json:"totalItemsScanned"`
+	TotalSecretsFound int                  `json:"totalSecretsFound"`
+	Results           map[string][]*Secret `json:"results"`
 }
 
 type Secret struct {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Secret struct {
 
 func Init() *Report {
 	return &Report{
-		Results: make(map[string][]Secret),
+		Results: make(map[string][]*Secret),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/reporting/report_test.go b/reporting/report_test.go
index 44a08423..27576b4d 100644
--- a/reporting/report_test.go
+++ b/reporting/report_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ JPcHeO7M6FohKgcEHX84koQDN98J/L7pFlSoU7WOl6f8BKavIdeSTPS9qQYWdQuT
 4Xgur9w/aLZrLM3DSatR+kL+cVTyDTtgCt9Dc8k48Q==
 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`)
 
-	results := map[string][]Secret{}
+	results := map[string][]*Secret{}
 	report := Report{len(results), 1, results}
-	secret := Secret{Source: "bla", StartLine: 0, StartColumn: 0, EndLine: 0, EndColumn: 0, Value: secretValue}
+	secret := &Secret{Source: "bla", StartLine: 0, StartColumn: 0, EndLine: 0, EndColumn: 0, Value: secretValue}
 	source := "directory\\rawStringAsFile.txt"
 
 	report.Results[source] = append(report.Results[source], secret)
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ JPcHeO7M6FohKgcEHX84koQDN98J/L7pFlSoU7WOl6f8BKavIdeSTPS9qQYWdQuT
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(report.Results, results) {
-		t.Errorf("got %q want %q", key, results)
+		t.Errorf("got %+v want %+v", key, results)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/reporting/sarif.go b/reporting/sarif.go
index a26c3d60..db2f13f3 100644
--- a/reporting/sarif.go
+++ b/reporting/sarif.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func getResults(report Report) []Results {
 	return results
 }
 
-func getLocation(secret Secret) []Locations {
+func getLocation(secret *Secret) []Locations {
 	return []Locations{
 		{
 			PhysicalLocation: PhysicalLocation{
diff --git a/secrets/secrets.go b/secrets/secrets.go
index 5809eb3c..2b6e71e2 100644
--- a/secrets/secrets.go
+++ b/secrets/secrets.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func Init(secretsConfig SecretsConfig) (*Secrets, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Secrets) Detect(item plugins.Item, secretsChannel chan reporting.Secret, wg *sync.WaitGroup, ignoredIds []string) {
+func (s *Secrets) Detect(item plugins.Item, secretsChannel chan *reporting.Secret, wg *sync.WaitGroup, ignoredIds []string) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 
 	fragment := detect.Fragment{
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (s *Secrets) Detect(item plugins.Item, secretsChannel chan reporting.Secret
 	}
 	for _, value := range s.detector.Detect(fragment) {
 		itemId := getFindingId(item, value)
-		secret := reporting.Secret{
+		secret := &reporting.Secret{
 			ID:          itemId,
 			Source:      item.Source,
 			RuleID:      value.RuleID,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (s *Secrets) Detect(item plugins.Item, secretsChannel chan reporting.Secret
 			EndColumn:   value.EndColumn,
 			Value:       value.Secret,
 		}
-		if !isSecretIgnored(&secret, &ignoredIds) {
+		if !isSecretIgnored(secret, &ignoredIds) {
 			secretsChannel <- secret
 		} else {
 			log.Debug().Msgf("Secret %s was ignored", secret.ID)
diff --git a/secrets/secrets_test.go b/secrets/secrets_test.go
index 44bdccb6..31ba5fdc 100644
--- a/secrets/secrets_test.go
+++ b/secrets/secrets_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			fmt.Printf("Start test %s", name)
-			secretsChan := make(chan reporting.Secret, 1)
+			secretsChan := make(chan *reporting.Secret, 1)
 			wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 			wg.Add(1)
 			detector.Detect(plugins.Item{Content: secret.Content}, secretsChan, wg, nil)