diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonDecoder.java
index 9562a85d..15b9a508 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonDecoder.java
@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ public void resetToCopyOf(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) {
             throw new RuntimeException("not supported");
         byte b[] = new byte[len];
         System.arraycopy(bytes,off,b,0,len);
-        fstInput = new FSTInputStream(b);
+        if ( fstInput == null )
+            fstInput = new FSTInputStream(b);
+        else
+            fstInput.resetForReuse(bytes,len);
         try {
             createParser();
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -244,7 +247,12 @@ public void createParser() throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public void resetWith(byte[] bytes, int len) {
-        fstInput = new FSTInputStream(bytes,0,len);
+        if ( fstInput == null ) {
+            fstInput = new FSTInputStream(bytes,0,len);
+        }
+        else {
+            fstInput.resetForReuse(bytes,len);
+        }
         try {
             createParser();
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonEncoder.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonEncoder.java
index 66b24846..0e8d7e77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTJsonEncoder.java
@@ -354,14 +354,15 @@ protected String classToString(Class clz) {
     @Override
     public void writeAttributeName(FSTClazzInfo.FSTFieldInfo subInfo) {
         try {
-            if ( gen.getOutputContext().inArray() )
-                gen.writeString(subInfo.getName());
+            SerializedString bufferedName = (SerializedString) subInfo.getBufferedName();
+            if ( bufferedName == null ) {
+                bufferedName = new SerializedString(subInfo.getName());
+                subInfo.setBufferedName(bufferedName);
+            }
+            if ( gen.getOutputContext().inArray() ) {
+                gen.writeString(bufferedName);
+            }
             else {
-                SerializedString bufferedName = (SerializedString) subInfo.getBufferedName();
-                if ( bufferedName == null ) {
-                    bufferedName = new SerializedString(subInfo.getName());
-                    subInfo.setBufferedName(bufferedName);
-                }
                 gen.writeFieldName(bufferedName);
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTStreamDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTStreamDecoder.java
index 6e06b2ce..56579525 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTStreamDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/coders/FSTStreamDecoder.java
@@ -448,11 +448,12 @@ public void resetToCopyOf(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) {
     @Override
     public void resetWith(byte[] bytes, int len) {
         clnames.clear();
-        input.reset();
-        input.count = len;
-        input.buf = bytes;
-        input.pos = 0;
-        input.byteBacked = true;
+        input.resetForReuse(bytes,len);
+//        input.reset();
+//        input.count = len;
+//        input.buf = bytes;
+//        input.pos = 0;
+//        input.byteBacked = true;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/util/FSTInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/util/FSTInputStream.java
index 9c296aa4..485db944 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/util/FSTInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/util/FSTInputStream.java
@@ -33,13 +33,22 @@ public final class FSTInputStream extends InputStream {
     public int pos;
     public int count; // avaiable valid read bytes
     InputStream in;
-    boolean fullyRead = false;
+    boolean fullyRead = false; // true if input source has been read til end
     public boolean byteBacked = false;
 
     public FSTInputStream(InputStream in) {
         initFromStream(in);
     }
 
+    public void resetForReuse( byte b[], int length ) {
+        reset();
+        count = length;
+        buf = b;
+        pos = 0;
+        byteBacked = true;
+        fullyRead = true;
+    }
+
     public void initFromStream(InputStream in) {
         fullyRead = false;
         byteBacked = false;
@@ -77,7 +86,7 @@ public void readNextChunk(InputStream in) {
     }
 
     public void ensureCapacity(int siz) {
-        if (buf.length < siz) {
+        if (buf.length < siz && ! fullyRead) {
             byte newBuf[] = new byte[siz];
             System.arraycopy(buf, 0, newBuf, 0, buf.length);
             buf = newBuf;
@@ -110,12 +119,10 @@ public int read() {
     }
 
     public int read(byte b[], int off, int len) {
-        if (fullyRead)
+        if (isFullyRead())
             return -1;
-        while (pos + len >= count) {
+        while (! fullyRead && pos + len >= count) {
             readNextChunk(in);
-            if (fullyRead)
-                break;
         }
         int avail = count - pos;
         if (len > avail) {
diff --git a/src/test/ser/Play.java b/src/test/ser/Play.java
index 35be437e..d4e05f42 100644
--- a/src/test/ser/Play.java
+++ b/src/test/ser/Play.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         byte[] bytes = conf.asByteArray(p);
         Object deser = conf.asObject(bytes);
         System.out.println(DeepEquals.deepEquals(p,deser));
-//        while( true )
-//            sb(conf);
+        while( true )
+            sb(conf);
     }
 
     protected static void sb(FSTConfiguration conf) {