diff --git a/packages/jwt-status-list/src/status-list.ts b/packages/jwt-status-list/src/status-list.ts
index 8de5871..aa87c84 100644
--- a/packages/jwt-status-list/src/status-list.ts
+++ b/packages/jwt-status-list/src/status-list.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { BitsPerStatus } from './types';
  * StatusListManager is a class that manages a list of statuses with variable bit size.
  */
 export class StatusList {
-  private statusList: number[];
+  private _statusList: number[];
   private bitsPerStatus: BitsPerStatus;
   private totalStatuses: number;
 
@@ -26,11 +26,18 @@ export class StatusList {
         );
       }
     }
-    this.statusList = statusList;
+    this._statusList = statusList;
     this.bitsPerStatus = bitsPerStatus;
     this.totalStatuses = statusList.length;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the status list.
+   */
+  get statusList(): number[] {
+    return this._statusList;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the number of statuses.
    * @returns
@@ -42,13 +49,12 @@ export class StatusList {
   /**
    * Get the status at a specific index.
    * @param index
-   * @returns
    */
   getStatus(index: number): number {
     if (index < 0 || index >= this.totalStatuses) {
       throw new Error('Index out of bounds');
     }
-    return this.statusList[index];
+    return this._statusList[index];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -60,12 +66,11 @@ export class StatusList {
     if (index < 0 || index >= this.totalStatuses) {
       throw new Error('Index out of bounds');
     }
-    this.statusList[index] = value;
+    this._statusList[index] = value;
   }
 
   /**
    * Compress the status list.
-   * @returns
    */
   compressStatusList(): string {
     const byteArray = this.encodeStatusList();
@@ -77,7 +82,6 @@ export class StatusList {
    * Decompress the compressed status list and return a new StatusList instance.
    * @param compressed
    * @param bitsPerStatus
-   * @returns
    */
   static decompressStatusList(
     compressed: string,
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ export class StatusList {
     let bitIndex = 0;
     let currentByte = '';
     for (let i = 0; i < this.totalStatuses; i++) {
-      const status = this.statusList[i];
+      const status = this._statusList[i];
       // Place bits from status into currentByte, starting from the most significant bit.
       currentByte = status.toString(2).padStart(numBits, '0') + currentByte;
       bitIndex += numBits;
diff --git a/packages/jwt-status-list/src/test/status-list.spec.ts b/packages/jwt-status-list/src/test/status-list.spec.ts
index cb9eaa7..6a61e56 100644
--- a/packages/jwt-status-list/src/test/status-list.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/jwt-status-list/src/test/status-list.spec.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ describe('StatusList', () => {
     const manager = new StatusList(status, 1);
     const encoded = manager.compressStatusList();
     expect(encoded).toBe('eNrbuRgAAhcBXQ');
-    const l = StatusList.decompressStatusList(encoded, 1);
+    const list = StatusList.decompressStatusList(encoded, 1);
     for (let i = 0; i < status.length; i++) {
-      expect(l.getStatus(i)).toBe(status[i]);
+      expect(list.getStatus(i)).toBe(status[i]);
+    }
+
+    //get the whole list and check if it is equal
+    for (let i = 0; i < list.statusList.length; i++) {
+      expect(list.statusList[i]).toBe(status[i]);
     }
   });