diff --git a/mqtt.go b/mqtt.go
index 58f29fa..042d063 100644
--- a/mqtt.go
+++ b/mqtt.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package mqtt
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ var (
 
 	// clientKeepalive is the default keepalive time in seconds.
 	clientKeepalive uint16 = 60
+
+	// rwBufSize is the size of client read/write buffers.
+	rwBufSize = 512
 )
 
 /*
@@ -75,12 +79,6 @@ type Server struct {
 
 	// buffers is a pool of bytes.buffer.
 	buffers pools.BytesBuffersPool
-
-	// readers is a pool of bufio.reader.
-	readers pools.BufioReadersPool
-
-	// writers is a pool of bufio.writer.
-	writers pools.BufioWritersPool
 }
 
 // New returns a pointer to a new instance of the MQTT broker.
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@ func New() *Server {
 		clients:   newClients(),
 		topics:    trie.New(),
 		buffers:   pools.NewBytesBuffersPool(),
-		readers:   pools.NewBufioReadersPool(512),
-		writers:   pools.NewBufioWritersPool(512),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -128,11 +124,12 @@ func (s *Server) EstablishConnection(c net.Conn, ac auth.Controller) error {
 	log.Println("connecting")
 
 	// Create a new packets parser which will parse all packets for this client,
-	// using buffered writers and readers from the pool.
-	r, w := s.readers.Get(c), s.writers.Get(c)
-	defer s.readers.Put(r)
-	defer s.writers.Put(w)
-	p := packets.NewParser(c, r, w)
+	// using buffered writers and readers.
+	p := packets.NewParser(
+		c,
+		bufio.NewReaderSize(c, rwBufSize),
+		bufio.NewWriterSize(c, rwBufSize),
+	)
 
 	// Pull the header from the first packet and check for a CONNECT message.
 	fh := new(packets.FixedHeader)
@@ -515,7 +512,8 @@ func newClient(p *packets.Parser, pk *packets.ConnectPacket) *client {
 // nextPacketID returns the next packet id for a client, looping back to 0
 // if the maximum ID has been reached.
 func (cl *client) nextPacketID() uint32 {
-	if cl.packetID == uint32(65535) || cl.packetID == uint32(0) {
+	i := atomic.LoadUint32(&cl.packetID)
+	if i == uint32(65535) || i == uint32(0) {
 		atomic.StoreUint32(&cl.packetID, 1)
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -526,6 +524,7 @@ func (cl *client) nextPacketID() uint32 {
 // close attempts to gracefully close a client connection.
 func (cl *client) close() {
 	cl.done.Do(func() {
+
 		// Signal to stop lsitening for packets.
 		close(cl.end)
 
diff --git a/mqtt_test.go b/mqtt_test.go
index 0a747f0..095388a 100644
--- a/mqtt_test.go
+++ b/mqtt_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, s.listeners)
 	require.NotNil(t, s.clients)
 	require.NotNil(t, s.buffers)
-	require.NotNil(t, s.readers)
-	require.NotNil(t, s.writers)
 	log.Println(s)
 }
 
@@ -806,7 +804,16 @@ func TestNextPacketID(t *testing.T) {
 	client.packetID = uint32(65534)
 	require.Equal(t, uint32(65535), client.nextPacketID())
 	require.Equal(t, uint32(1), client.nextPacketID())
+}
 
+func BenchmarkNextPacketID(b *testing.B) {
+	r, w := net.Pipe()
+	p := packets.NewParser(r, newBufioReader(r), newBufioWriter(w))
+	client := newClient(p, new(packets.ConnectPacket))
+
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		client.nextPacketID()
+	}
 }
 
 func TestClientClose(t *testing.T) {