diff --git a/Lidgren.Network/NetBuffer.Read.cs b/Lidgren.Network/NetBuffer.Read.cs
index d083240..e499a0e 100644
--- a/Lidgren.Network/NetBuffer.Read.cs
+++ b/Lidgren.Network/NetBuffer.Read.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 	public partial class NetBuffer
 	{
 		private const string c_readOverflowError = "Trying to read past the buffer size - likely caused by mismatching Write/Reads, different size or order.";
-
+		private const int c_bufferSize = 64; // Min 8 to hold anything but strings. Increase it if readed strings usally don't fit inside the buffer
 		private static byte[] s_buffer;
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 				return retval;
 			}
 
-			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[8];
+			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[c_bufferSize];
 			ReadBytes(bytes, 0, 4);
 			float res = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
 			s_buffer = bytes;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 				return true;
 			}
 
-			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[8];
+			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[c_bufferSize];
 			ReadBytes(bytes, 0, 4);
 			result = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
 			s_buffer = bytes;
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 				return retval;
 			}
 
-			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[8];
+			byte[] bytes = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[c_bufferSize];
 			ReadBytes(bytes, 0, 8);
 			double res = BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes, 0);
 			s_buffer = bytes;
@@ -604,8 +604,16 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 				return retval;
 			}
 
-			byte[] bytes = ReadBytes(byteLen);
-			return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+			if (byteLen <= c_bufferSize) {
+				byte[] buffer = Interlocked.Exchange(ref s_buffer, null) ?? new byte[c_bufferSize];
+				ReadBytes(buffer, 0, byteLen);
+				string retval = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, byteLen);
+				s_buffer = buffer;
+				return retval;
+			} else {
+				byte[] bytes = ReadBytes(byteLen);
+				return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>