diff --git a/generator/go.go b/generator/go.go
index 8a863c0..7886c5d 100644
--- a/generator/go.go
+++ b/generator/go.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (g *GoGenerator) formatType(pkg string, thrift *parser.Thrift, typ *parser.
 		valueType := g.formatKeyType(pkg, thrift, typ.ValueType)
 		return "map[" + valueType + "]struct{}"
 	case "list":
-		return "[]" + g.formatType(pkg, thrift, typ.ValueType, 0)
+		return "[]" + g.formatType(pkg, thrift, typ.ValueType, toNoPointer)
 	case "map":
 		keyType := g.formatKeyType(pkg, thrift, typ.KeyType)
 		return "map[" + keyType + "]" + g.formatType(pkg, thrift, typ.ValueType, toNoPointer)
diff --git a/generator/main.go b/generator/main.go
index 7197270..bfd7723 100644
--- a/generator/main.go
+++ b/generator/main.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func main() {
 	generator := &GoGenerator{
 		ThriftFiles: parsedThrift,
 		Format:      true,
+		Pointers:    *flagGoPointers,
 	}
 	err = generator.Generate(outpath)
 	if err != nil {