diff --git a/src/quad_socket/client/tcp.rs b/src/quad_socket/client/tcp.rs
index 7e6c8de..9ff3e7a 100644
--- a/src/quad_socket/client/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/quad_socket/client/tcp.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ impl TcpSocket {
     pub fn send(&mut self, data: &[u8]) {
         use std::io::Write;
 
-        self.stream.write(&[data.len() as u8]).unwrap();
-        self.stream.write(data).unwrap();
+        self.stream.write_all(&(data.len() as u32).to_be_bytes()).unwrap();
+        self.stream.write_all(data).unwrap();
     }
 
     pub fn try_recv(&mut self) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
diff --git a/src/quad_socket/protocol.rs b/src/quad_socket/protocol.rs
index cf59531..41a8959 100644
--- a/src/quad_socket/protocol.rs
+++ b/src/quad_socket/protocol.rs
@@ -12,26 +12,29 @@ impl MessageReader {
     }
 
     pub fn next(&mut self, mut stream: impl std::io::Read) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, ()> {
-        let mut bytes = [0 as u8; 255];
-
         match self {
-            MessageReader::Empty => match stream.read_exact(&mut bytes[0..1]) {
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    *self = MessageReader::Amount(bytes[0] as usize);
-                    Ok(None)
+            MessageReader::Empty => {
+                let mut size = [0u8; 4];
+                match stream.read_exact(&mut size) {
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        *self = MessageReader::Amount(u32::from_be_bytes(size) as usize);
+                        Ok(None)
+                    }
+                    Err(err) if err.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Ok(None),
+                    Err(_err) => Err(()),
                 }
-                Err(err) if err.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Ok(None),
-                Err(_err) => Err(()),
-            },
-            MessageReader::Amount(len) => match stream.read_exact(&mut bytes[0..*len]) {
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    let msg = bytes[0..*len].to_vec();
-                    *self = MessageReader::Empty;
-                    Ok(Some(msg))
+            }
+            MessageReader::Amount(len) => {
+                let mut buf = vec![0u8; *len];
+                match stream.read_exact(&mut buf) {
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        *self = MessageReader::Empty;
+                        Ok(Some(buf))
+                    }
+                    Err(err) if err.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Ok(None),
+                    Err(_) => Err(()),
                 }
-                Err(err) if err.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => Ok(None),
-                Err(_) => Err(()),
-            },
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/quad_socket/server.rs b/src/quad_socket/server.rs
index b276847..be28619 100644
--- a/src/quad_socket/server.rs
+++ b/src/quad_socket/server.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ impl<'a> Sender<'a> {
                 out.send(data).ok()?;
             }
             Sender::Tcp(stream) => {
-                stream.write(&[data.len() as u8]).ok()?;
-                stream.write(data).ok()?;
+                stream.write_all(&(data.len() as u32).to_be_bytes()).ok()?;
+                stream.write_all(data).ok()?;
             }
         }