diff --git a/bberg/src/verifier_builder.rs b/bberg/src/verifier_builder.rs
index 32f901a1ed..904dd29ada 100644
--- a/bberg/src/verifier_builder.rs
+++ b/bberg/src/verifier_builder.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl VerifierBuilder for BBFiles {
     using FF = {name}Flavor::FF;
     
     // Evaluate the given public input column over the multivariate challenge points
-    [[maybe_unused]] inline FF evaluate_public_input_column(std::vector<FF> points, const size_t circuit_size, std::vector<FF> challenges) {{
+    [[maybe_unused]] inline FF evaluate_public_input_column(const std::vector<FF>& points, const size_t circuit_size, std::vector<FF> challenges) {{
         
         // TODO(https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/6361): we pad the points to the circuit size in order to get the correct evaluation.
         // This is not efficient, and will not be valid in production.