diff --git a/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/mod.rs b/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/mod.rs
index e748cf5..0ef91de 100644
--- a/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/mod.rs
+++ b/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,34 @@
+use async_trait::async_trait;
 pub use bhwi::jade::JADE_DEVICE_IDS;
+use serde_cbor::Value;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "emulators")]
 pub mod tcp;
+
+#[async_trait(?Send)]
+pub trait CborStream {
+    async fn write_all(&mut self, command: &[u8]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error>;
+    async fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error>;
+
+    /// Reads from the client until a complete CBOR value is received.
+    async fn read_cbor_message(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error> {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let mut chunk = [0u8; 1024];
+
+        loop {
+            let n = self.read(&mut chunk).await?;
+            if n == 0 {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                    "stream ended before complete CBOR message",
+                ));
+            }
+            buf.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..n]);
+            let mut cursor = std::io::Cursor::new(&buf);
+            match serde_cbor::from_reader::<Value, _>(&mut cursor) {
+                Ok(_) => return Ok(buf),
+                Err(e) if e.is_io() || e.is_eof() => continue,
+                Err(e) => return Err(std::io::Error::other(e)),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/tcp.rs b/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/tcp.rs
index d0aac42..6478df6 100644
--- a/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/tcp.rs
+++ b/bhwi-async/src/transport/jade/tcp.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use serde_cbor::Value;
 
-use crate::Transport;
+use crate::{Transport, transport::jade::CborStream};
 
 pub struct TcpTransport<C> {
     pub client: C,
@@ -14,38 +13,11 @@ impl<C> TcpTransport<C> {
 }
 
 #[async_trait(?Send)]
-pub trait TcpClient {
-    async fn write_all(&mut self, command: &[u8]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error>;
-    async fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error>;
-}
-
-#[async_trait(?Send)]
-impl<C: TcpClient> Transport for TcpTransport<C> {
+impl<C: CborStream> Transport for TcpTransport<C> {
     type Error = std::io::Error;
 
     async fn exchange(&mut self, command: &[u8], _encrypted: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Self::Error> {
         self.client.write_all(command).await?;
-
-        let mut buf = Vec::new();
-        let mut temp = [0u8; 1024];
-
-        // HACK: i don't know a better way right now!
-        loop {
-            let n = self.client.read(&mut temp).await?;
-            // XXX: what happens when n is 0?
-            buf.extend_from_slice(&temp[..n]);
-            let mut cursor = std::io::Cursor::new(&buf);
-            match serde_cbor::from_reader::<Value, _>(&mut cursor) {
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    return Ok(buf);
-                }
-                Err(e) if e.is_io() => {
-                    continue; // read more bytes
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    return Err(std::io::Error::other(e));
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        self.client.read_cbor_message().await
     }
 }
diff --git a/bhwi-cli/src/jade.rs b/bhwi-cli/src/jade.rs
index bd7bec6..0fa1e35 100644
--- a/bhwi-cli/src/jade.rs
+++ b/bhwi-cli/src/jade.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bhwi_async::{
     HttpClient, Jade, Transport,
-    transport::jade::{
-        JADE_DEVICE_IDS,
-        tcp::{TcpClient as TcpClientTrait, TcpTransport},
-    },
+    transport::jade::{CborStream, JADE_DEVICE_IDS, tcp::TcpTransport},
 };
 use bitcoin::Network;
 use futures::{TryStreamExt, stream::iter};
@@ -51,11 +48,20 @@ impl SerialTransport {
 impl Transport for SerialTransport {
     type Error = std::io::Error;
     async fn exchange(&mut self, command: &[u8], _encrypted: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Self::Error> {
+        self.write_all(command).await?;
+        self.read_cbor_message().await
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait(?Send)]
+impl CborStream for SerialTransport {
+    async fn write_all(&mut self, command: &[u8]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        let mut stream = self.stream.lock().await;
+        Ok(stream.write_all(command).await?)
+    }
+    async fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error> {
         let mut stream = self.stream.lock().await;
-        stream.write_all(command).await?;
-        let mut buf = vec![];
-        stream.read_to_end(&mut buf).await?;
-        Ok(buf)
+        Ok(stream.read(buf).await?)
     }
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ impl HttpClient for PinServerClient {
         Ok(self
             .inner
             .post(url)
-            .header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
             .body(request.to_vec())
             .send()
             .await?
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ impl TcpClient {
 }
 
 #[async_trait(?Send)]
-impl TcpClientTrait for TcpClient {
+impl CborStream for TcpClient {
     async fn write_all(&mut self, command: &[u8]) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         Ok(self.stream.write_all(command).await?)
     }