diff --git a/src/chunklist_test.go b/src/chunklist_test.go
index b244ece8..09e4aadd 100644
--- a/src/chunklist_test.go
+++ b/src/chunklist_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestChunkList(t *testing.T) {
 	cl := NewChunkList(func(s *string, i int) *Item {
-		return &Item{text: s, index: i * 2}
+		return &Item{text: s, rank: Rank{0, 0, uint32(i * 2)}}
 	})
 
 	// Snapshot
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func TestChunkList(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(*chunk1) != 2 {
 		t.Error("Snapshot should contain only two items")
 	}
-	if *(*chunk1)[0].text != "hello" || (*chunk1)[0].index != 0 ||
-		*(*chunk1)[1].text != "world" || (*chunk1)[1].index != 2 {
+	if *(*chunk1)[0].text != "hello" || (*chunk1)[0].rank.index != 0 ||
+		*(*chunk1)[1].text != "world" || (*chunk1)[1].rank.index != 2 {
 		t.Error("Invalid data")
 	}
 	if chunk1.IsFull() {
diff --git a/src/core.go b/src/core.go
index 5a81efa3..e5bdb129 100644
--- a/src/core.go
+++ b/src/core.go
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ func Run(options *Options) {
 	var chunkList *ChunkList
 	if len(opts.WithNth) == 0 {
 		chunkList = NewChunkList(func(data *string, index int) *Item {
-			return &Item{text: data, index: index}
+			return &Item{text: data, rank: Rank{0, 0, uint32(index)}}
 		})
 	} else {
 		chunkList = NewChunkList(func(data *string, index int) *Item {
-			item := Item{text: data, index: index}
-			tokens := Tokenize(item.text, opts.Delimiter)
-			item.origText = item.text
-			item.text = Transform(tokens, opts.WithNth).whole
+			tokens := Tokenize(data, opts.Delimiter)
+			item := Item{
+				text:     Transform(tokens, opts.WithNth).whole,
+				origText: data,
+				rank:     Rank{0, 0, uint32(index)}}
 			return &item
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/src/item.go b/src/item.go
index b70da93f..4c8f13d4 100644
--- a/src/item.go
+++ b/src/item.go
@@ -5,31 +5,32 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 )
 
-type Offset [2]int
+type Offset [2]int32
 
 type Item struct {
 	text        *string
 	origText    *string
 	offsets     []Offset
-	index       int
 	rank        Rank
 	transformed *Transformed
 }
 
-type Rank [3]int
-
-var NilRank = Rank{-1, 0, 0}
+type Rank struct {
+	matchlen uint16
+	strlen   uint16
+	index    uint32
+}
 
 func (i *Item) Rank() Rank {
-	if i.rank[0] > 0 {
+	if i.rank.matchlen > 0 || i.rank.strlen > 0 {
 		return i.rank
 	}
 	sort.Sort(ByOrder(i.offsets))
 	matchlen := 0
 	prevEnd := 0
 	for _, offset := range i.offsets {
-		begin := offset[0]
-		end := offset[1]
+		begin := int(offset[0])
+		end := int(offset[1])
 		if prevEnd > begin {
 			begin = prevEnd
 		}
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func (i *Item) Rank() Rank {
 			matchlen += end - begin
 		}
 	}
-	i.rank = Rank{matchlen, len(*i.text), i.index}
+	i.rank = Rank{uint16(matchlen), uint16(len(*i.text)), i.rank.index}
 	return i.rank
 }
 
@@ -86,14 +87,22 @@ func (a ByRelevance) Less(i, j int) bool {
 }
 
 func compareRanks(irank Rank, jrank Rank) bool {
-	for idx := range irank {
-		if irank[idx] < jrank[idx] {
-			return true
-		} else if irank[idx] > jrank[idx] {
-			return false
-		}
+	if irank.matchlen < jrank.matchlen {
+		return true
+	} else if irank.matchlen > jrank.matchlen {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if irank.strlen < jrank.strlen {
+		return true
+	} else if irank.strlen > jrank.strlen {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if irank.index <= jrank.index {
+		return true
 	}
-	return true
+	return false
 }
 
 func SortMerge(partialResults [][]*Item) []*Item {
diff --git a/src/item_test.go b/src/item_test.go
index 1e316291..23b8718c 100644
--- a/src/item_test.go
+++ b/src/item_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ func TestRankComparison(t *testing.T) {
 	if compareRanks(Rank{3, 0, 5}, Rank{2, 0, 7}) ||
 		!compareRanks(Rank{3, 0, 5}, Rank{3, 0, 6}) ||
 		!compareRanks(Rank{1, 2, 3}, Rank{1, 3, 2}) ||
-		!compareRanks(NilRank, Rank{0, 0, 0}) ||
-		compareRanks(Rank{0, 0, 0}, NilRank) {
+		!compareRanks(Rank{0, 0, 0}, Rank{0, 0, 0}) {
 		t.Error("Invalid order")
 	}
 }
@@ -32,13 +31,13 @@ func TestRankComparison(t *testing.T) {
 // Match length, string length, index
 func TestItemRank(t *testing.T) {
 	strs := []string{"foo", "foobar", "bar", "baz"}
-	item1 := Item{text: &strs[0], index: 1, offsets: []Offset{}}
+	item1 := Item{text: &strs[0], rank: Rank{0, 0, 1}, offsets: []Offset{}}
 	rank1 := item1.Rank()
-	if rank1[0] != 0 || rank1[1] != 3 || rank1[2] != 1 {
+	if rank1.matchlen != 0 || rank1.strlen != 3 || rank1.index != 1 {
 		t.Error(item1.Rank())
 	}
 	// Only differ in index
-	item2 := Item{text: &strs[0], index: 0, offsets: []Offset{}}
+	item2 := Item{text: &strs[0], rank: Rank{0, 0, 0}, offsets: []Offset{}}
 
 	items := []*Item{&item1, &item2}
 	sort.Sort(ByRelevance(items))
@@ -54,10 +53,10 @@ func TestItemRank(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Sort by relevance
-	item3 := Item{text: &strs[1], index: 2, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 3}, Offset{5, 7}}}
-	item4 := Item{text: &strs[1], index: 2, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 2}, Offset{6, 7}}}
-	item5 := Item{text: &strs[2], index: 2, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 3}, Offset{5, 7}}}
-	item6 := Item{text: &strs[2], index: 2, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 2}, Offset{6, 7}}}
+	item3 := Item{text: &strs[1], rank: Rank{0, 0, 2}, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 3}, Offset{5, 7}}}
+	item4 := Item{text: &strs[1], rank: Rank{0, 0, 2}, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 2}, Offset{6, 7}}}
+	item5 := Item{text: &strs[2], rank: Rank{0, 0, 2}, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 3}, Offset{5, 7}}}
+	item6 := Item{text: &strs[2], rank: Rank{0, 0, 2}, offsets: []Offset{Offset{1, 2}, Offset{6, 7}}}
 	items = []*Item{&item1, &item2, &item3, &item4, &item5, &item6}
 	sort.Sort(ByRelevance(items))
 	if items[0] != &item2 || items[1] != &item1 ||
diff --git a/src/pattern.go b/src/pattern.go
index 7c27f52f..7b294253 100644
--- a/src/pattern.go
+++ b/src/pattern.go
@@ -236,9 +236,8 @@ func (p *Pattern) fuzzyMatch(chunk *Chunk) []*Item {
 		if sidx, eidx := p.iter(FuzzyMatch, input, p.text); sidx >= 0 {
 			matches = append(matches, &Item{
 				text:    item.text,
-				index:   item.index,
-				offsets: []Offset{Offset{sidx, eidx}},
-				rank:    NilRank})
+				offsets: []Offset{Offset{int32(sidx), int32(eidx)}},
+				rank:    Rank{0, 0, item.rank.index}})
 		}
 	}
 	return matches
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ func (p *Pattern) extendedMatch(chunk *Chunk) []*Item {
 				if term.inv {
 					break Loop
 				}
-				offsets = append(offsets, Offset{sidx, eidx})
+				offsets = append(offsets, Offset{int32(sidx), int32(eidx)})
 			} else if term.inv {
 				offsets = append(offsets, Offset{0, 0})
 			}
@@ -264,9 +263,8 @@ func (p *Pattern) extendedMatch(chunk *Chunk) []*Item {
 		if len(offsets) == len(p.terms) {
 			matches = append(matches, &Item{
 				text:    item.text,
-				index:   item.index,
 				offsets: offsets,
-				rank:    NilRank})
+				rank:    Rank{0, 0, item.rank.index}})
 		}
 	}
 	return matches
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index a442d347..77a70f78 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ func trimRight(runes []rune, width int) ([]rune, int) {
 	return runes, trimmed
 }
 
-func trimLeft(runes []rune, width int) ([]rune, int) {
+func trimLeft(runes []rune, width int) ([]rune, int32) {
 	currentWidth := displayWidth(runes)
-	trimmed := 0
+	var trimmed int32 = 0
 
 	for currentWidth > width && len(runes) > 0 {
 		currentWidth -= runewidth.RuneWidth(runes[0])
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func trimLeft(runes []rune, width int) ([]rune, int) {
 }
 
 func (*Terminal) printHighlighted(item *Item, bold bool, col1 int, col2 int) {
-	maxe := 0
+	var maxe int32 = 0
 	for _, offset := range item.offsets {
 		if offset[1] > maxe {
 			maxe = offset[1]
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (*Terminal) printHighlighted(item *Item, bold bool, col1 int, col2 int) {
 				text = append(text[:maxe], []rune("..")...)
 			}
 			// ..ri..
-			var diff int
+			var diff int32
 			text, diff = trimLeft(text, maxWidth-2)
 
 			// Transform offsets
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (*Terminal) printHighlighted(item *Item, bold bool, col1 int, col2 int) {
 				b, e := offset[0], offset[1]
 				b += 2 - diff
 				e += 2 - diff
-				b = Max(b, 2)
+				b = Max32(b, 2)
 				if b < e {
 					offsets[idx] = Offset{b, e}
 				}
@@ -288,15 +288,15 @@ func (*Terminal) printHighlighted(item *Item, bold bool, col1 int, col2 int) {
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(ByOrder(offsets))
-	index := 0
+	var index int32 = 0
 	for _, offset := range offsets {
-		b := Max(index, offset[0])
-		e := Max(index, offset[1])
+		b := Max32(index, offset[0])
+		e := Max32(index, offset[1])
 		C.CPrint(col1, bold, string(text[index:b]))
 		C.CPrint(col2, bold, string(text[b:e]))
 		index = e
 	}
-	if index < len(text) {
+	if index < int32(len(text)) {
 		C.CPrint(col1, bold, string(text[index:]))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/util.go b/src/util.go
index cc8d4f5d..de6f3654 100644
--- a/src/util.go
+++ b/src/util.go
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ func Max(first int, items ...int) int {
 	return max
 }
 
+func Max32(first int32, second int32) int32 {
+	if first > second {
+		return first
+	}
+	return second
+}
+
 func Min(first int, items ...int) int {
 	min := first
 	for _, item := range items {