diff --git a/examples/ss_example.rs b/examples/ss_example.rs
index 6e3f5e8..af07063 100644
--- a/examples/ss_example.rs
+++ b/examples/ss_example.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 extern crate secretsharing;
 
-use secretsharing::ss::{reconstruct_secret, Charset, SecretSharing};
+use secretsharing::ss::{Charset, SecretSharing};
 
 fn main() {
     let threshold = 3;
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ fn main() {
         Charset::Alphanumeric, // Charset of secret.
     );
     let shares = ss.generate_shares(secret).unwrap();
-    let reconstructed_secret = reconstruct_secret(&shares[0..3].to_vec(), ss).unwrap();
+    let reconstructed_secret = ss.reconstruct_secret(&shares[0..3].to_vec()).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(reconstructed_secret, secret);
 }
diff --git a/src/ss.rs b/src/ss.rs
index f1e3e78..262881e 100644
--- a/src/ss.rs
+++ b/src/ss.rs
@@ -78,23 +78,23 @@ impl SecretSharing {
             .collect();
         shares
     }
-}
 
-/// Reconstruct secret from shares.
-pub fn reconstruct_secret(shares: &[String], ss: SecretSharing) -> Result<String, SSError> {
-    // Not enough shares to reconstruct secret.
-    if (shares.len() as u32) < ss.threshold() {
-        return Err(SSError::InsufficientShares);
+    /// Reconstruct secret from shares.
+    pub fn reconstruct_secret(&self, shares: &[String]) -> Result<String, SSError> {
+        // Not enough shares to reconstruct secret.
+        if (shares.len() as u32) < self.threshold() {
+            return Err(SSError::InsufficientShares);
+        }
+        // Convert shares to their point representations.
+        let point_shares: Result<Vec<_>, SSError> = shares
+            .iter()
+            .map(|share| utils::share_str_to_point(share.as_str(), self.charset()))
+            .collect();
+        // Recover secret_int.
+        let secret_int = utils::points_to_secret_int(point_shares?, self.prime()?)?;
+        // Convert secret_int to secret based on charset.
+        utils::int_to_charset_repr(secret_int, self.charset())
     }
-    // Convert shares to their point representations.
-    let point_shares: Result<Vec<_>, SSError> = shares
-        .iter()
-        .map(|share| utils::share_str_to_point(share.as_str(), ss.charset()))
-        .collect();
-    // Recover secret_int.
-    let secret_int = utils::points_to_secret_int(point_shares?, ss.prime()?)?;
-    // Convert secret_int to secret based on charset.
-    utils::int_to_charset_repr(secret_int, ss.charset())
 }
 
 /// Possible charsets for secret.