@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	iou "0dev.org/ioutil"
 	predictor "0dev.org/predictor"
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -22,15 +23,15 @@
 // Compress the data from the given io.Reader and write it to the given io.Writer
 // I/O is buffered for better performance
 func compress(output io.Writer, input io.Reader) int {
 	var (
 		err        error
-		buffer     *bufio.Writer = bufio.NewWriter(output)
-		compressor io.Writer     = predictor.Compressor(buffer)
+		buffer     io.Writer = iou.SizedWriter(output, 4096)
+		compressor io.Writer = predictor.Compressor(buffer)
 	)
 
-	_, err = io.Copy(compressor, bufio.NewReader(input))
+	_, err = io.Copy(compressor, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error while compressing.\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
@@ -40,11 +41,11 @@
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error while flushing compresssor buffer.\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	// Flush the buffer
-	err = buffer.Flush()
+	_, err = buffer.Write(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error while flushing output buffer.\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
@@ -54,24 +55,24 @@
 // Decompress the data from the given io.Reader and write it to the given io.Writer
 // I/O is buffered for better performance
 func decompress(output io.Writer, input io.Reader) int {
 	var (
 		err          error
-		buffer       *bufio.Writer = bufio.NewWriter(output)
-		decompressor io.Reader     = predictor.Decompressor(bufio.NewReader(input))
+		buffer       io.Writer = iou.SizedWriter(output, 4096)
+		decompressor io.Reader = predictor.Decompressor(bufio.NewReader(input))
 	)
 
 	_, err = io.Copy(buffer, decompressor)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error while decompressing.\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	// Flush
-	err = buffer.Flush()
+	// Flush the buffer
+	_, err = buffer.Write(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error while flushing output buffer.\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	return 0
 }