diff --git a/eth2/utils/ssz2/examples/struct_definition.rs b/eth2/utils/ssz2/examples/struct_definition.rs
index a449cf9b02..1cbc8b465f 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/ssz2/examples/struct_definition.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/ssz2/examples/struct_definition.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use ssz2::{Decodable, DecodeError, Encodable, SszDecoderBuilder, SszStream};
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Foo {
     a: u16,
     b: Vec<u8>,
@@ -51,8 +52,11 @@ fn main() {
         c: 11,
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        foo.as_ssz_bytes(),
-        vec![42, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 11, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3]
-    );
+    let bytes = vec![42, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 11, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3];
+
+    assert_eq!(foo.as_ssz_bytes(), bytes);
+
+    let decoded_foo = Foo::from_ssz_bytes(&bytes).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(foo, decoded_foo);
 }
diff --git a/eth2/utils/ssz2/src/decode.rs b/eth2/utils/ssz2/src/decode.rs
index b8e82bdf54..a4e827da3f 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/ssz2/src/decode.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/ssz2/src/decode.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl<'a> SszDecoderBuilder<'a> {
             let mut insertions = 0;
             let mut running_offset = self.offsets[0].offset;
 
-            for i in 1..self.offsets.len() {
+            for i in 1..=self.offsets.len() {
                 let (slice_option, position) = if i == self.offsets.len() {
                     (self.bytes.get(running_offset..), self.offsets.len())
                 } else {