diff --git a/src/FixedMerkleTree.ts b/src/FixedMerkleTree.ts
index cd067f9..79fc007 100644
--- a/src/FixedMerkleTree.ts
+++ b/src/FixedMerkleTree.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { Element, HashFunction, MerkleTreeOptions, ProofPath, SerializedTreeState, simpleHash, TreeEdge } from './'
+import {
+  Element,
+  HashFunction,
+  MerkleTreeOptions,
+  ProofPath,
+  SerializedTreeState,
+  simpleHash,
+  TreeEdge,
+  TreeSlice,
+} from './'
 
 const defaultHash = (left: Element, right: Element): string => simpleHash([left, right])
 
@@ -199,11 +208,11 @@ export default class MerkleTree {
    * 🪓
    * @param count
    */
-  getTreeSlices(count = 4): { edge: TreeEdge, elements: Element[] }[] {
+  getTreeSlices(count = 4): TreeSlice[] {
     const length = this._layers[0].length
     let size = Math.ceil(length / count)
     if (size % 2) size++
-    const slices = []
+    const slices: TreeSlice[] = []
     for (let i = 0; i < length; i += size) {
       const edgeLeft = i
       const edgeRight = i + size
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 9794177..091cebd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ export type TreeEdge = {
   edgeIndex: number;
   edgeElementsCount: number;
 }
+
+export type TreeSlice = { edge: TreeEdge, elements: Element[] }
 export type LeafWithIndex = { index: number, data: Element }
 
diff --git a/test/partialMerkleTree.spec.ts b/test/partialMerkleTree.spec.ts
index a7f1b12..f0e281c 100644
--- a/test/partialMerkleTree.spec.ts
+++ b/test/partialMerkleTree.spec.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ describe('PartialMerkleTree', () => {
       const zeros = partialTree.zeros
       should().not.equal(zeros, partialTree.zeros)
     })
+
+    it('should return edge leaf', () => {
+      const { partialTree } = getTestTrees(10, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2)
+      should().equal(partialTree.edgeElement, 3)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('#path', () => {