diff --git a/src/decoder.nr b/src/decoder.nr
index 8228531..3d46a49 100644
--- a/src/decoder.nr
+++ b/src/decoder.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::defaults::BASE64_PADDING_CHAR;
+use super::defaults::{BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK, BASE64_PADDING_CHAR, BYTES_PER_CHUNK};
 
 pub global STANDARD: Base64DecodeBE = Base64DecodeBE::new(true);
 pub global STANDARD_NO_PAD: Base64DecodeBE = Base64DecodeBE::new(false);
@@ -606,12 +606,7 @@ impl Base64DecodeBE {
             );
         }
 
-        // 240 bits fits 40 6-bit chunks and 30 8-bit chunks
-        // we pack 40 base64 values into a field element and convert into 30 bytes
-        // TODO: once we support arithmetic ops on generics, derive OutputBytes from InputBytes
         let mut result: [u8; OutputBytes] = [0; OutputBytes];
-        let BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 40;
-        let BYTES_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 30;
         let num_chunks = (InputElements / BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK)
             + (InputElements % BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK != 0) as u32;
 
@@ -704,10 +699,7 @@ impl Base64DecodeBE {
         let decoded_length = unpadded_input_len * 3 / 4;
 
         let mut result: BoundedVec<u8, MAX_OUTPUT_LEN> = BoundedVec::new();
-        // 240 bits fits 40 6-bit chunks and 30 8-bit chunks
-        // we pack 40 base64 values into a field element and convert into 30 bytes
-        let BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 40;
-        let BYTES_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 30;
+
         let max_chunks = MAX_INPUT_LEN / BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK
             + (MAX_INPUT_LEN % BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK != 0) as u32;
         let num_chunks = (input.len() / BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK)
diff --git a/src/encoder.nr b/src/encoder.nr
index 50cf653..6bbb1e3 100644
--- a/src/encoder.nr
+++ b/src/encoder.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::defaults::BASE64_PADDING_CHAR;
+use super::defaults::{BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK, BASE64_PADDING_CHAR, BYTES_PER_CHUNK};
 
 pub global STANDARD: Base64EncodeBE = Base64EncodeBE::new(true);
 pub global STANDARD_NO_PAD: Base64EncodeBE = Base64EncodeBE::new(false);
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ impl Base64EncodeBE {
         self,
         input: [u8; InputBytes],
     ) -> [u8; OutputElements] {
-        // 240 bits fits 40 6-bit chunks and 30 8-bit chunks
-        // we pack 40 base64 values into a field element and convert into 30 bytes
-        // TODO: once we support arithmetic ops on generics, derive OutputBytes from InputBytes
         // Calculate the number of padding characters and the length of the output without padding
         let rem = InputBytes % 3;
         let num_padding_chars = if rem == 1 {
@@ -107,8 +104,6 @@ impl Base64EncodeBE {
 
         let mut result: [u8; OutputElements] = [0; OutputElements];
 
-        let BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 40;
-        let BYTES_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 30;
         let num_chunks =
             (InputBytes / BYTES_PER_CHUNK) + (InputBytes % BYTES_PER_CHUNK != 0) as u32;
 
@@ -187,6 +182,7 @@ impl Base64EncodeBE {
         } else {
             0
         };
+
         // Every 3 chars will be encoded as 4 base64 chars
         let encoded_length = (input.len() + 2) / 3 * 4; // ceil(input * 4 / 3)
         let non_padded_output_length = encoded_length - num_padding_chars;
@@ -196,10 +192,7 @@ impl Base64EncodeBE {
         );
 
         let mut result: BoundedVec<u8, MAX_OUTPUT_LEN> = BoundedVec::new();
-        // 240 bits fits 40 6-bit chunks and 30 8-bit chunks
-        // we pack 40 base64 values into a field element and convert into 30 bytes
-        let BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 40;
-        let BYTES_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 30;
+
         let max_chunks =
             MAX_INPUT_LEN / BYTES_PER_CHUNK + (MAX_INPUT_LEN % BYTES_PER_CHUNK != 0) as u32;
         let num_chunks =
diff --git a/src/lib.nr b/src/lib.nr
index aaf1c9e..cb75b3f 100644
--- a/src/lib.nr
+++ b/src/lib.nr
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ pub use decoder::{
 
 pub(crate) mod defaults {
     pub(crate) global BASE64_PADDING_CHAR: u8 = 61;
+    // 240 bits fits 40 6-bit chunks and 30 8-bit chunks
+    // we pack 40 base64 values into a field element and convert into 30 bytes
+    pub(crate) global BASE64_ELEMENTS_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 40;
+    pub(crate) global BYTES_PER_CHUNK: u32 = 30;
 }
 
 #[test]