diff --git a/lib/cfg/init.go b/lib/cfg/init.go
index 8fd3b56..aed5fed 100644
--- a/lib/cfg/init.go
+++ b/lib/cfg/init.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package cfg
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/segmentio/encoding/json"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 // You can now use a soundcloak.json file to configure!
@@ -514,3 +517,28 @@ const ImageCDN = "i1.sndcdn.com"
 
 var True = true
 var False = false
+
+var prpool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &ProxyReader{}
+	},
+}
+
+func AcquireProxyReader() *ProxyReader {
+	return prpool.Get().(*ProxyReader)
+}
+
+type ProxyReader struct {
+	Reader io.Reader
+	Resp   *fasthttp.Response
+}
+
+func (pr *ProxyReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return pr.Reader.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (pr *ProxyReader) Close() error {
+	defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(pr.Resp)
+	defer prpool.Put(pr)
+	return pr.Resp.CloseBodyStream()
+}
diff --git a/lib/proxy_images/init.go b/lib/proxy_images/init.go
index d2504c1..6e6ff73 100644
--- a/lib/proxy_images/init.go
+++ b/lib/proxy_images/init.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
-var sndcdn = []byte(".sndcdn.com")
-
 func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 	r.Get("/_/proxy/images", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		url := c.Query("url")
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if !bytes.HasSuffix(parsed.Host(), sndcdn) {
+		if !bytes.HasSuffix(parsed.Host(), []byte(".sndcdn.com")) {
 			return fiber.ErrBadRequest
 		}
 
@@ -37,23 +35,22 @@ func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 
 		req.SetURI(parsed)
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", cfg.UserAgent)
-		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br, zstd")
+		//req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br, zstd") images not big enough to be compressed
 
 		resp := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
-		defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(resp)
+		//defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(resp) moved to proxyreader!!!
 
 		err = sc.DoWithRetry(sc.ImageClient, req, resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		data, err := resp.BodyUncompressed()
-		if err != nil {
-			data = resp.Body()
-		}
-
-		c.Response().Header.SetBytesV("Content-Type", resp.Header.Peek("Content-Type"))
+		c.Set("Content-Type", "image/jpeg")
 		c.Set("Cache-Control", cfg.ImageCacheControl)
-		return c.Send(data)
+		//return c.Send(resp.Body())
+		pr := cfg.AcquireProxyReader()
+		pr.Reader = resp.BodyStream()
+		pr.Resp = resp
+		return c.SendStream(pr)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/lib/proxy_streams/init.go b/lib/proxy_streams/init.go
index 689329e..8e64c70 100644
--- a/lib/proxy_streams/init.go
+++ b/lib/proxy_streams/init.go
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ import (
 
 const cdn = "cf-hls-media.sndcdn.com"
 
-var cdnb = []byte(cdn)
-
 var httpc = &fasthttp.HostClient{
 	Addr:                cdn + ":443",
 	IsTLS:               true,
 	DialDualStack:       true,
 	Dial:                (&fasthttp.TCPDialer{DNSCacheDuration: cfg.DNSCacheTTL}).Dial,
 	MaxIdleConnDuration: 1<<63 - 1,
+	StreamResponseBody:  true,
 }
 
 func Load(r fiber.Router) {
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if !bytes.Equal(parsed.Host(), cdnb) {
+		if !bytes.Equal(parsed.Host(), []byte(cdn)) {
 			return fiber.ErrBadRequest
 		}
 
@@ -49,14 +48,17 @@ func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br, zstd")
 
 		resp := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
-		defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(resp)
+		//defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(resp)
 
 		err = sc.DoWithRetry(httpc, req, resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		return c.Send(resp.Body())
+		//return c.Send(resp.Body())
+		pr := cfg.AcquireProxyReader()
+		pr.Reader = resp.BodyStream()
+		pr.Resp = resp
+		return c.SendStream(pr)
 	})
 
 	r.Get("/_/proxy/streams/playlist", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func Load(r fiber.Router) {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if !bytes.Equal(parsed.Host(), cdnb) {
+		if !bytes.Equal(parsed.Host(), []byte(cdn)) {
 			return fiber.ErrBadRequest
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/sc/init.go b/lib/sc/init.go
index 95fdddc..ef4a018 100644
--- a/lib/sc/init.go
+++ b/lib/sc/init.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var ImageClient = &fasthttp.HostClient{
 	DialDualStack:       true,
 	Dial:                (&fasthttp.TCPDialer{DNSCacheDuration: cfg.DNSCacheTTL}).Dial,
 	MaxIdleConnDuration: 1<<63 - 1,
+	StreamResponseBody:  true,
 }
 
 var genericClient = &fasthttp.Client{
diff --git a/lib/sc/track.go b/lib/sc/track.go
index 6a57890..a6aac00 100644
--- a/lib/sc/track.go
+++ b/lib/sc/track.go
@@ -414,15 +414,13 @@ func (t Track) DownloadImage() ([]byte, string, error) {
 
 	req.SetRequestURI(t.Artwork)
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", cfg.UserAgent)
-	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br, zstd")
+	//req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br, zstd") images not big enough to be compressed
 
 	resp := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
 	defer fasthttp.ReleaseResponse(resp)
 
 	err := DoWithRetry(ImageClient, req, resp)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(t.Artwork)
-		fmt.Println("hi", err)
 		return nil, "", err
 	}