diff --git a/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/dom_snapshot.py b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/dom_snapshot.py
index 53b7050..7388d7a 100644
--- a/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/dom_snapshot.py
+++ b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/dom_snapshot.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
 from .pre_tokenizer import PreTokenizer
+from .token_buffer import TokenBuffer
 
 
 class DOMSnapshotPreTokenizer(PreTokenizer):
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ def special_tokens(self):
             if attr.endswith("token")
         ]
 
-    def pre_tokenize_dom(self, serialized: str) -> Iterable[str]:
+    def pre_tokenize_dom(self, buf: TokenBuffer, serialized: str):
         """Transform a serialized DOM into a sequence of tokens.
         """
         snapshot = json.loads(serialized)
@@ -44,9 +45,7 @@ def pre_tokenize_dom(self, serialized: str) -> Iterable[str]:
         if not any(key in snapshot for key in ("documents", "strings")):
             snapshot = snapshot.get("result", snapshot)
 
-        return (ns.original
-                for ns in chain.from_iterable(
-                        self._split_serialized(snapshot)))
+        buf.extend(chain.from_iterable(self._split_serialized(snapshot)))
 
     def _split_serialized(self, snapshot: dict) -> Iterable[list[NormalizedString]]:
         emitter = TokenEmitter(self, snapshot)
diff --git a/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/pre_tokenizer.py b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/pre_tokenizer.py
index 51f8ffd..2d3c621 100644
--- a/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/pre_tokenizer.py
+++ b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/pre_tokenizer.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 import weakref
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from tokenizers import NormalizedString, PreTokenizedString
 from tokenizers.pre_tokenizers import PreTokenizer as _PreTokenizer
 
+from .token_buffer import TokenBuffer
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -62,16 +63,15 @@ def _pre_tokenize_dom(
             split: NormalizedString,
     ) -> list[NormalizedString]:
         try:
-            return [
-                NormalizedString(token)
-                for token in self.pre_tokenize_dom(split.original)
-            ]
+            buf = TokenBuffer()
+            self.pre_tokenize_dom(buf, split.original)
+            return buf.tokens
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(f"{type(e).__name__} in pre-tokenizer:")
             raise
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def pre_tokenize_dom(self, serialized: str) -> Iterable[str]:
+    def pre_tokenize_dom(self, buf: TokenBuffer, serialized: str):
         """Transform a serialized DOM into a sequence of tokens.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/token_buffer.py b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/token_buffer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a91fb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dom_tokenizers/pre_tokenizers/token_buffer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+from tokenizers import NormalizedString
+
+
+class TokenBuffer:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._buf = []
+
+    @property
+    def tokens(self) -> list[NormalizedString]:
+        return self._buf
+
+    def append(self, token: str | NormalizedString):
+        if not isinstance(token, NormalizedString):
+            token = NormalizedString(token)
+        self._buf.append(token)
+
+    def extend(self, tokens: Iterable[str | NormalizedString]):
+        for token in tokens:
+            self.append(token)