diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f4009c..dcf4715 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/dryajov/pull-plex.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "bl": "^1.2.2",
+    "buffer-reuse-pool": "^1.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "interface-connection": "^0.3.2",
+    "lodash.defaults": "^4.2.0",
     "pull-batch": "^1.0.0",
     "pull-cat": "^1.1.11",
     "pull-defer": "^0.2.2",
diff --git a/src/coder.js b/src/coder.js
index 0a3c8e0..7af38e4 100644
--- a/src/coder.js
+++ b/src/coder.js
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 const pull = require('pull-stream')
 const varint = require('varint')
 const through = require('pull-through')
+const reuse = require('buffer-reuse-pool')
+const BufferList = require('bl')
+
+const pool = reuse.pool(1024 * 1024)
 
 const debug = require('debug')
 
-const log = debug('pull-plex:utils')
-log.err = debug('pull-plex:utils:err')
+const log = debug('pull-plex:coder')
+log.err = debug('pull-plex:coder:err')
 
 exports.encode = () => {
   return pull(
@@ -35,20 +39,20 @@ exports.decode = () => {
   let message = null
   let length = 0
   let buffer = null
-  let pos = 0
-  
+
   const decode = (msg) => {
     try {
       let offset = 0
       let length = 0
-      const h = varint.decode(msg)
+      let buff = msg.slice()
+      const h = varint.decode(buff) // no bl[x] accessor :(
       offset += varint.decode.bytes
-      length = varint.decode(msg, offset)
+      length = varint.decode(buff, offset)
       offset += varint.decode.bytes
       const message = {
         id: h >> 3,
         type: h & 7,
-        data: Buffer.alloc(length) // instead of allocating a new buff use a mem pool here
+        data: new BufferList() // instead of allocating a new buff use a mem pool here
       }
 
       state = States.READING
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ exports.decode = () => {
     if (left < 0) { left = 0 }
     if (msg.length > 0) {
       const buff = msg.slice(0, length - left)
-      pos += buff.copy(data, pos)
+      data.append(buff)
       msg = msg.slice(buff.length)
     }
     if (left <= 0) { state = States.PARSING }
@@ -80,9 +84,9 @@ exports.decode = () => {
     while (msg.length) {
       if (States.PARSING === state) {
         if (!buffer) {
-          buffer = Buffer.from(msg)
+          buffer = new BufferList(msg)
         } else {
-          buffer = Buffer.concat([buffer, msg])
+          buffer = buffer.append(msg)
         }
 
         [msg, message, length] = decode(buffer)
@@ -95,11 +99,11 @@ exports.decode = () => {
       if (States.READING === state) {
         [length, msg, message.data] = read(msg, message.data, length)
         if (length <= 0 && States.PARSING === state) {
+          message.data = message.data.slice() // get new buffer
           this.queue(message)
           offset = 0
           message = null
           length = 0
-          pos = 0
         }
       }
     }