diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index b96dfae..551cc0b 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"git.xeserv.us/xena/route/lib/tun2"
 	proto "git.xeserv.us/xena/route/proto"
 	"github.com/mtneug/pkg/ulid"
+	"github.com/oxtoacart/bpool"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Director:      s.Director,
 		Transport:     s.ts,
 		FlushInterval: 1 * time.Second,
+		BufferPool:    bpool.NewBytePool(256, 4096),
 	}
 
 	rp.ServeHTTP(w, r)
diff --git a/vendor-log b/vendor-log
index c942ae0..7593ef1 100644
--- a/vendor-log
+++ b/vendor-log
@@ -133,3 +133,4 @@ da118f7b8e5954f39d0d2130ab35d4bf0e3cb344	golang.org/x/net/context
 0eb507a2ca07f13baf499f89d66cc566bf644643 (dirty)	google.golang.org/grpc/credentials
 737072b4e32b7a5018b4a7125da8d12de90e8045	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth
 44e365d423f4f06769182abfeeae2b91be9d529b	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter
+4e1c5567d7c2dd59fa4c7c83d34c2f3528b025d6	github.com/oxtoacart/bpool
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bpool.go b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bpool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6232a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bpool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+Package bpool implements leaky pools of byte arrays and Buffers as bounded
+channels.  It is based on the leaky buffer example from the Effective Go
+documentation: http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#leaky_buffer
+*/
+package bpool
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bufferpool.go b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bufferpool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c8ac64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bufferpool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package bpool
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+)
+
+// BufferPool implements a pool of bytes.Buffers in the form of a bounded
+// channel.
+type BufferPool struct {
+	c chan *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+// NewBufferPool creates a new BufferPool bounded to the given size.
+func NewBufferPool(size int) (bp *BufferPool) {
+	return &BufferPool{
+		c: make(chan *bytes.Buffer, size),
+	}
+}
+
+// Get gets a Buffer from the BufferPool, or creates a new one if none are
+// available in the pool.
+func (bp *BufferPool) Get() (b *bytes.Buffer) {
+	select {
+	case b = <-bp.c:
+	// reuse existing buffer
+	default:
+		// create new buffer
+		b = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Put returns the given Buffer to the BufferPool.
+func (bp *BufferPool) Put(b *bytes.Buffer) {
+	b.Reset()
+	select {
+	case bp.c <- b:
+	default: // Discard the buffer if the pool is full.
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bytepool.go b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bytepool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3898a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/bytepool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package bpool
+
+// BytePool implements a leaky pool of []byte in the form of a bounded
+// channel.
+type BytePool struct {
+	c chan []byte
+	w int
+}
+
+// NewBytePool creates a new BytePool bounded to the given maxSize, with new
+// byte arrays sized based on width.
+func NewBytePool(maxSize int, width int) (bp *BytePool) {
+	return &BytePool{
+		c: make(chan []byte, maxSize),
+		w: width,
+	}
+}
+
+// Get gets a []byte from the BytePool, or creates a new one if none are
+// available in the pool.
+func (bp *BytePool) Get() (b []byte) {
+	select {
+	case b = <-bp.c:
+	// reuse existing buffer
+	default:
+		// create new buffer
+		b = make([]byte, bp.w)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Put returns the given Buffer to the BytePool.
+func (bp *BytePool) Put(b []byte) {
+	select {
+	case bp.c <- b:
+		// buffer went back into pool
+	default:
+		// buffer didn't go back into pool, just discard
+	}
+}
+
+// Width returns the width of the byte arrays in this pool.
+func (bp *BytePool) Width() (n int) {
+	return bp.w
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/sizedbufferpool.go b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/sizedbufferpool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8519aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/oxtoacart/bpool/sizedbufferpool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package bpool
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+)
+
+// SizedBufferPool implements a pool of bytes.Buffers in the form of a bounded
+// channel. Buffers are pre-allocated to the requested size.
+type SizedBufferPool struct {
+	c chan *bytes.Buffer
+	a int
+}
+
+// SizedBufferPool creates a new BufferPool bounded to the given size.
+// size defines the number of buffers to be retained in the pool and alloc sets
+// the initial capacity of new buffers to minimize calls to make().
+//
+// The value of alloc should seek to provide a buffer that is representative of
+// most data written to the the buffer (i.e. 95th percentile) without being
+// overly large (which will increase static memory consumption). You may wish to
+// track the capacity of your last N buffers (i.e. using an []int) prior to
+// returning them to the pool as input into calculating a suitable alloc value.
+func NewSizedBufferPool(size int, alloc int) (bp *SizedBufferPool) {
+	return &SizedBufferPool{
+		c: make(chan *bytes.Buffer, size),
+		a: alloc,
+	}
+}
+
+// Get gets a Buffer from the SizedBufferPool, or creates a new one if none are
+// available in the pool. Buffers have a pre-allocated capacity.
+func (bp *SizedBufferPool) Get() (b *bytes.Buffer) {
+	select {
+	case b = <-bp.c:
+	// reuse existing buffer
+	default:
+		// create new buffer
+		b = bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, bp.a))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Put returns the given Buffer to the SizedBufferPool.
+func (bp *SizedBufferPool) Put(b *bytes.Buffer) {
+	b.Reset()
+
+	// Release buffers over our maximum capacity and re-create a pre-sized
+	// buffer to replace it.
+	// Note that the cap(b.Bytes()) provides the capacity from the read off-set
+	// only, but as we've called b.Reset() the full capacity of the underlying
+	// byte slice is returned.
+	if cap(b.Bytes()) > bp.a {
+		b = bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, bp.a))
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case bp.c <- b:
+	default: // Discard the buffer if the pool is full.
+	}
+}