diff --git a/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jzstd/ZstdInputStream.java b/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jzstd/ZstdInputStream.java
index 1c70ae6..80b85a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jzstd/ZstdInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jzstd/ZstdInputStream.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class ZstdInputStream extends InputStream {
 
     private final ZSTD_inBuffer input;
     private final ZSTD_outBuffer output;
+    private final byte[] buffer;
 
     private enum State {
         AVAILABLE_INPUT, SOURCE_DEPLETED, CTX_FLUSHED
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ public class ZstdInputStream extends InputStream {
         this.ctx_owner = ctx_owner;
         this.input = new ZSTD_inBuffer(inputBufferSize);
         this.output = new ZSTD_outBuffer(outputBufferSize);
+        this.buffer = new byte[inputBufferSize];
     }
 
     public static ZstdInputStream from(InputStream source) {
@@ -55,13 +57,14 @@ public class ZstdInputStream extends InputStream {
                 } else if(input.src.position() == input.src.capacity()) {
                     input.src.position(0);
                 }
-                while (input.src.position() < input.src.capacity()) {
-                    int b = source.read();
-                    if (b < 0) {
+                int toRead = input.src.capacity() - input.src.position();
+                if(toRead > 0) {
+                    int read = source.read(buffer, 0, toRead);
+                    if(read < 0) {
                         state = State.SOURCE_DEPLETED;
                         break;
                     }
-                    input.src.put((byte) b);
+                    input.src.put(buffer, 0, toRead);
                 }
                 input.pos = zero;
                 input.size = new size_t(input.src.position());