diff --git a/logistic/packer.go b/logistic/packer.go
index 8b53041..cc222c2 100644
--- a/logistic/packer.go
+++ b/logistic/packer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package logistic
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/flate"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Packs a whole fuzzer directory - at least queue/, fuzz_bitmap, fuzzer_stats
-func PackFuzzer(fuzzerName string, directory string) []byte {
+func PackFuzzer(fuzzerName string, directory string) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Gather contents
 	contentArray := [][]byte{
 		[]byte(fuzzerName),
@@ -20,21 +21,34 @@ func PackFuzzer(fuzzerName string, directory string) []byte {
 		packQueueFiles(directory),
 	}
 
+	// Prepare FLATE compression
+	var flateBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	flateWrite, flateErr := flate.NewWriter(&flateBuffer, flate.BestCompression)
+	if flateErr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to prepare flate compressor: %s", flateErr)
+	}
+
 	// Convert all parts to base64, and concat them to the packet
-	var result []byte
+	firstRun := true
 	for _, a := range contentArray {
 		b64Buf := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(a)))
 		base64.StdEncoding.Encode(b64Buf, a)
 
-		// Add newline char as separator
-		result = append(result, '\n')
+		// Add newline char as separator, avoiding it on the first run
+		if firstRun {
+			firstRun = false
+		} else {
+			flateWrite.Write([]byte("\n"))
+		}
 
 		// Append base64 encoded content
-		result = append(result, b64Buf...)
+		flateWrite.Write(b64Buf)
 	}
 
+	flateWrite.Close()
+
 	// Return result: a big byte array, representing concatted base64-encoded files
-	return result
+	return flateBuffer.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
 // Reads a single file and returns it
diff --git a/logistic/unpacker.go b/logistic/unpacker.go
index c627485..7e82d19 100644
--- a/logistic/unpacker.go
+++ b/logistic/unpacker.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package logistic
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/flate"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -14,8 +15,13 @@ import (
 
 // Unpacks a raw string, creates files and stores them in the target directory. May return an error if one occurrs
 func UnpackInto(raw []byte, targetDir string) error {
-	// Clean raw bytes: trim possibly leading and/or trailing newlines
-	raw = bytes.Trim(raw, "\n")
+	// Prepare FLATE decompressor
+	var flateBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	flateReader := flate.NewReader(&flateBuffer)
+
+	// Uncompress
+	flateBuffer.Write(raw)
+	raw, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(flateReader)
 
 	// Process raw bytes
 	splitted := bytes.Split(raw, []byte("\n"))
diff --git a/net/listener.go b/net/listener.go
index dc617ce..f5acc96 100644
--- a/net/listener.go
+++ b/net/listener.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package net
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/maride/afl-transmit/logistic"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -50,23 +50,20 @@ func handle(conn net.Conn, outputDirectory string) {
 	// Make sure to close connection on return
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	// Loop until we either hit EOF or an error
-	for {
-		// Read raw content
-		cont, contErr := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\x00')
+	// Read raw content
+	cont, contErr := ioutil.ReadAll(conn) // bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\x00')
 
-		if contErr == io.EOF {
-			// We received the whole content, time to process it
-			unpackErr := logistic.UnpackInto([]byte(cont), outputDirectory)
-			if unpackErr != nil {
-				log.Printf("Encountered error processing packet from %s: %s", conn.RemoteAddr().String(), unpackErr)
-			}
-			return
-		} else if contErr != nil {
-			// We encountered an error on that connection
-			log.Printf("Encountered error while reading from %s: %s", conn.RemoteAddr().String(), contErr)
-			return
+	if contErr == nil || contErr == io.EOF {
+		// We received the whole content, time to process it
+		unpackErr := logistic.UnpackInto([]byte(cont), outputDirectory)
+		if unpackErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("Encountered error processing packet from %s: %s", conn.RemoteAddr().String(), unpackErr)
 		}
 
+		return
+	} else {
+		// We encountered an error on that connection
+		log.Printf("Encountered error while reading from %s: %s", conn.RemoteAddr().String(), contErr)
+		return
 	}
 }
diff --git a/watchdog/watchdog.go b/watchdog/watchdog.go
index 3782ca2..11e899e 100644
--- a/watchdog/watchdog.go
+++ b/watchdog/watchdog.go
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ func WatchFuzzers(outputDirectory string) {
 		for _, localFuzzDir := range localFuzzers {
 			// Pack important parts of the fuzzer directory into a byte array
 			fuzzerName := filepath.Base(localFuzzDir)
-			packedFuzzer := logistic.PackFuzzer(fuzzerName, localFuzzDir)
+			packedFuzzer, packerErr := logistic.PackFuzzer(fuzzerName, localFuzzDir)
+			if packerErr != nil {
+				log.Printf("Failed to pack fuzzer: %s", packerErr)
+				continue
+			}
 
 			// and send it to our peers
 			net.SendToPeers(packedFuzzer)