diff --git a/suno-companion.ps1 b/suno-companion.ps1
index bee07eb..a40de64 100644
--- a/suno-companion.ps1
+++ b/suno-companion.ps1
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ function Read-HttpRequest {
     param([System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream]$Stream)
 
     $buffer = New-Object byte[] 65536
-    $received = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[byte]
+    $received = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::new()
     $headerEnd = -1
 
     while ($headerEnd -lt 0) {
         $read = $Stream.Read($buffer, 0, $buffer.Length)
         if ($read -le 0) { break }
-        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $read; $i++) { $received.Add($buffer[$i]) }
+        $received.Write($buffer, 0, $read)
         $text = [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($received.ToArray())
         $headerEnd = $text.IndexOf("`r`n`r`n", [StringComparison]::Ordinal)
-        if ($received.Count -gt 1048576) { throw "HTTP header too large" }
+        if ($received.Length -gt 1048576) { throw "HTTP header too large" }
     }
 
     if ($headerEnd -lt 0) { throw "Invalid HTTP request" }
@@ -96,20 +96,24 @@ function Read-HttpRequest {
     }
 
     $bodyStart = $headerEnd + 4
-    $bodyBytes = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[byte]
-    for ($i = $bodyStart; $i -lt $allBytes.Length; $i++) { $bodyBytes.Add($allBytes[$i]) }
+    $bodyStream = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::new()
+    $initialBodyLength = $allBytes.Length - $bodyStart
+    if ($initialBodyLength -gt 0) {
+        $bodyStream.Write($allBytes, $bodyStart, $initialBodyLength)
+    }
 
-    while ($bodyBytes.Count -lt $contentLength) {
-        $read = $Stream.Read($buffer, 0, [Math]::Min($buffer.Length, $contentLength - $bodyBytes.Count))
+    while ($bodyStream.Length -lt $contentLength) {
+        $remaining = [int]([Math]::Min($buffer.Length, $contentLength - $bodyStream.Length))
+        $read = $Stream.Read($buffer, 0, $remaining)
         if ($read -le 0) { break }
-        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $read; $i++) { $bodyBytes.Add($buffer[$i]) }
+        $bodyStream.Write($buffer, 0, $read)
     }
 
     return [pscustomobject]@{
         Method = $requestLine[0]
         Path = $requestLine[1]
         Headers = $headers
-        Body = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($bodyBytes.ToArray())
+        Body = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($bodyStream.ToArray())
     }
 }