diff --git a/res_tracker.go b/res_tracker.go
index ceb15b9..c10268b 100644
--- a/res_tracker.go
+++ b/res_tracker.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const maxStackLen = 1000
 
 //NOTE: for simplicity not making it an atomic variable
 var enabled bool = false
-var res2track = sync.Map{}
+var res2track = &sync.Map{}
 
 type TrackedInfo struct {
 	Time  time.Time
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func Enable(flag bool) {
 }
 
 func Reset() {
-	res2track = sync.Map{}
+	res2track = &sync.Map{}
 }
 
 func IsOn() bool {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func Count() int {
 	return count(res2track)
 }
 
-func count(m sync.Map) int {
+func count(m *sync.Map) int {
 	var i int
 	m.Range(func(k, v interface{}) bool {
 		i++