diff --git a/lbmpy/advanced_streaming/indexing.py b/lbmpy/advanced_streaming/indexing.py
index 6548235dc59c77dafc2ba63c7297a4f3ddde69a9..54249a48dbe773d2da614e81cd054298ad87e864 100644
--- a/lbmpy/advanced_streaming/indexing.py
+++ b/lbmpy/advanced_streaming/indexing.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class BetweenTimestepsIndexing:
     #   =============================
 
     def __init__(self, pdf_field, stencil, prev_timestep=Timestep.BOTH, streaming_pattern='pull',
-                 index_dtype=np.int32, offsets_dtype=np.int32):
+                 index_dtype=np.int64, offsets_dtype=np.int64):
         if prev_timestep == Timestep.BOTH and is_inplace(streaming_pattern):
             raise ValueError('Cannot create index arrays for both kinds of timesteps for inplace streaming pattern '
                              + streaming_pattern)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class NeighbourOffsetArrays(CustomCodeNode):
     def _offset_symbols(dim):
         return [TypedSymbol(f"neighbour_offset_{d}", create_type(np.int64)) for d in ['x', 'y', 'z'][:dim]]
 
-    def __init__(self, stencil, offsets_dtype=np.int32):
+    def __init__(self, stencil, offsets_dtype=np.int64):
         offsets_dtype = create_type(offsets_dtype)
         dim = len(stencil[0])
 
diff --git a/lbmpy/boundaries/boundaryhandling.py b/lbmpy/boundaries/boundaryhandling.py
index 7ebfad53bcd4789a1d92c6bac7bfe8f084128a5b..7cd02822809ff6d13c14bcf5d13ee359e3b236b3 100644
--- a/lbmpy/boundaries/boundaryhandling.py
+++ b/lbmpy/boundaries/boundaryhandling.py
@@ -177,10 +177,8 @@ def create_lattice_boltzmann_boundary_kernel(pdf_field, index_field, lb_method,
                                              prev_timestep=Timestep.BOTH, streaming_pattern='pull',
                                              target='cpu', **kernel_creation_args):
 
-    index_dtype = index_field.dtype.numpy_dtype.fields['dir'][0]
-    offsets_dtype = index_field.dtype.numpy_dtype.fields['x'][0]
     indexing = BetweenTimestepsIndexing(
-        pdf_field, lb_method.stencil, prev_timestep, streaming_pattern, index_dtype, offsets_dtype)
+        pdf_field, lb_method.stencil, prev_timestep, streaming_pattern, np.int64, np.int64)
 
     f_out, f_in = indexing.proxy_fields
     dir_symbol = indexing.dir_symbol