diff --git a/include/QF/ecs.h b/include/QF/ecs.h
index 540ea09d6..dc082c016 100644
--- a/include/QF/ecs.h
+++ b/include/QF/ecs.h
@@ -63,13 +63,14 @@ typedef struct ecs_pool_s {
 typedef struct DARRAY_TYPE(component_t) componentset_t;
 
 typedef struct ecs_range_s {
+	uint32_t    start;
 	uint32_t    end;
 } ecs_range_t;
 
 typedef struct ecs_subpool_s {
-	ecs_range_t *ranges;
 	uint32_t   *rangeids;
 	uint32_t   *sorted;
+	uint32_t   *ranges;
 	uint32_t    next;
 	uint32_t    available;
 	uint32_t    num_ranges;
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ typedef struct ecs_system_s {
 	uint32_t    base;
 } ecs_system_t;
 
+#include "QF/ecs/entity.h"
+
+#define ECSINLINE GNU89INLINE inline
+
 ecs_registry_t *ECS_NewRegistry (void);
 void ECS_DelRegistry (ecs_registry_t *registry);
 uint32_t ECS_RegisterComponents (ecs_registry_t *registry,
@@ -120,11 +125,31 @@ void ECS_RemoveEntities (ecs_registry_t *registry, uint32_t component);
 uint32_t ECS_NewSubpoolRange (ecs_registry_t *registry, uint32_t component);
 void ECS_DelSubpoolRange (ecs_registry_t *registry, uint32_t component,
 						  uint32_t id);
+ECSINLINE ecs_range_t ECS_GetSubpoolRange (ecs_registry_t *registry,
+										   uint32_t component, uint32_t id);
+
+#undef ECSINLINE
+#ifndef IMPLEMENT_ECS_Funcs
+#define ECSINLINE GNU89INLINE inline
+#else
+#define ECSINLINE VISIBLE
+#endif
+
+ECSINLINE
+ecs_range_t
+ECS_GetSubpoolRange (ecs_registry_t *registry, uint32_t component, uint32_t id)
+{
+	ecs_subpool_t *subpool = &registry->subpools[component];
+	uint32_t    ind = subpool->sorted[Ent_Index (id)];
+	ecs_range_t range = {
+		.start = ind ? subpool->ranges[ind - 1] : 0,
+		.end = subpool->ranges[ind],
+	};
+	return range;
+}
 
 #undef ECSINLINE
 
 ///@}
 
-#include "QF/ecs/entity.h"
-
 #endif//__QF_ecs_h
diff --git a/libs/ecs/entity.c b/libs/ecs/entity.c
index e86898d59..1f7892c37 100644
--- a/libs/ecs/entity.c
+++ b/libs/ecs/entity.c
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ Ent_AddComponent (uint32_t ent, uint32_t comp, ecs_registry_t *registry)
 			uint32_t    rangeind = subpool->sorted[Ent_Index (rangeid)];
 			printf ("ent:%d rangeid:%d rangeind:%d\n", ent, rangeid, rangeind);
 			while (rind-- > rangeind) {
-				if (subpool->ranges[rind].end == ind) {
-					subpool->ranges[rind].end++;
+				if (subpool->ranges[rind] == ind) {
+					subpool->ranges[rind]++;
 					continue;
 				}
-				uint32_t    end = subpool->ranges[rind].end++;
+				uint32_t    end = subpool->ranges[rind]++;
 				Component_MoveElements (c, pool->data, ind, end, 1);
 				swap_inds (&pool->sparse[Ent_Index (pool->dense[end])],
 						   &pool->sparse[Ent_Index (pool->dense[ind])]);
@@ -87,24 +87,24 @@ static int
 range_cmp (const void *_key, const void *_range, void *_subpool)
 {
 	const uint32_t *key = _key;
-	const ecs_range_t *range = _range;
+	const uint32_t *range = _range;
 	ecs_subpool_t *subpool = _subpool;
 
-	if (*key >= range->end) {
+	if (*key >= *range) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (range - subpool->ranges > 0) {
-		return *key >= range[-1].end ? 0 : -1;
+		return *key >= range[-1] ? 0 : -1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static ecs_range_t *
+static uint32_t *
 find_range (ecs_subpool_t *subpool, uint32_t ind)
 {
 	return bsearch_r (&ind, subpool->ranges,
 					  subpool->num_ranges - subpool->available,
-					  sizeof (ecs_range_t), range_cmp, subpool);
+					  sizeof (uint32_t), range_cmp, subpool);
 }
 
 VISIBLE void
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ Ent_RemoveComponent (uint32_t ent, uint32_t comp, ecs_registry_t *registry)
 		Component_DestroyElements (c, pool->data, ind, 1);
 		if (subpool->num_ranges - subpool->available) {
 			uint32_t    range_count = subpool->num_ranges - subpool->available;
-			ecs_range_t *range = find_range (subpool, ind);
+			uint32_t   *range = find_range (subpool, ind);
 			while (range - subpool->ranges < range_count) {
-				uint32_t    end = --range->end;
+				uint32_t    end = --*range;
 				range++;
 				pool->sparse[Ent_Index (pool->dense[end])] = ind;
 				pool->dense[ind] = pool->dense[end];
diff --git a/libs/ecs/subpool.c b/libs/ecs/subpool.c
index ba229e805..8da0b6f6a 100644
--- a/libs/ecs/subpool.c
+++ b/libs/ecs/subpool.c
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ ECS_NewSubpoolRange (ecs_registry_t *registry, uint32_t component)
 	}
 	uint32_t    end = 0;
 	if (num_ranges) {
-		end = subpool->ranges[num_ranges - 1].end;
+		end = subpool->ranges[num_ranges - 1];
 	}
-	subpool->ranges[Ent_Index (id)] = (ecs_range_t) {
-		.end = end,
-	};
+	subpool->ranges[subpool->sorted[Ent_Index (id)]] = end;
 	return id;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ecs/test/test-subpools.c b/libs/ecs/test/test-subpools.c
index 16fea08bb..9e51d31b7 100644
--- a/libs/ecs/test/test-subpools.c
+++ b/libs/ecs/test/test-subpools.c
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ static int
 check_subpool_ranges (ecs_subpool_t *subpool, uint32_t *expect)
 {
 	uint32_t    count = subpool->num_ranges - subpool->available;
-	ecs_range_t *range = subpool->ranges;
+	uint32_t   *range = subpool->ranges;
 
 	while (count--) {
-		ecs_range_t *r = range++;
-		uint32_t     e = *expect++;
-		printf ("%d: %d %d\n", (int)(r - subpool->ranges), r->end, e);
-		if (r->end != e++) {
+		uint32_t   *r = range++;
+		uint32_t    e = *expect++;
+		printf ("%d: %d %d\n", (int)(r - subpool->ranges), *r, e);
+		if (*r != e++) {
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ main (void)
 		return 1;
 	}
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < reg->subpools[base + test_obj].num_ranges; i++) {
-		if (reg->subpools[base + test_obj].ranges[i].end != 0) {
+		if (reg->subpools[base + test_obj].ranges[i] != 0) {
 			printf ("end %d not 0 count: %d\n", i,
-					reg->subpools[base + test_obj].ranges[i].end);
+					reg->subpools[base + test_obj].ranges[i]);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ main (void)
 
 	sp2 = ECS_NewSubpoolRange (reg, base + test_obj);
 	printf ("sp2: %d\n", sp2);
+	if (check_subpool_ranges (&reg->subpools[base + test_obj],
+							  (uint32_t[]) { 2, 4, 4 })) {
+		printf ("oops\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
 	Ent_SetComponent (entc, base + test_subpool, reg, &sp2);
 	Ent_SetComponent (entf, base + test_subpool, reg, &sp2);
 	Ent_SetComponent (entg, base + test_subpool, reg, &sp2);