diff --git a/Packages.props b/Packages.props
index 1932e5cd7..68cb08a79 100644
--- a/Packages.props
+++ b/Packages.props
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <FAKEVersion>6.*</FAKEVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Common">
+    <PackageReference Update="Collections.Pooled" Version="1.0.*" />
     <PackageReference Update="FParsec" Version="1.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="$(FSharpCoreVersion)">
       <ExcludeAssets>contentFiles</ExcludeAssets>
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore.fsproj
index 330736346..0639958b9 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore.fsproj
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Collections.Pooled" />
     <PackageReference Include="FsToolkit.ErrorHandling" />
     <PackageReference Include="FsToolkit.ErrorHandling.TaskResult" />
     <PackageReference Include="Giraffe" />
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLOptions.fs b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLOptions.fs
index 537db5fdc..0690a2a24 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLOptions.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLOptions.fs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type IGraphQLOptions =
 type GraphQLOptions<'Root> = {
     SchemaExecutor : Executor<'Root>
     RootFactory : HttpContext -> 'Root
+    /// The minimum rented array size to read a message from WebSocket
+    ReadBufferSize : int
     SerializerOptions : JsonSerializerOptions
     WebsocketOptions : GraphQLTransportWSOptions
 } with
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLWebsocketMiddleware.fs b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLWebsocketMiddleware.fs
index 6713725a7..7e225cf6a 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLWebsocketMiddleware.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/GraphQLWebsocketMiddleware.fs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 namespace FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore
 
 open System
+open System.Buffers
 open System.Collections.Generic
+open System.Diagnostics
+open System.Linq
 open System.Net.WebSockets
 open System.Text.Json
 open System.Text.Json.Serialization
@@ -11,6 +14,8 @@ open Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Options
+
+open Collections.Pooled
 open FsToolkit.ErrorHandling
 
 open FSharp.Data.GraphQL
@@ -47,9 +52,9 @@ type GraphQLWebSocketMiddleware<'Root>
     static let invalidJsonInClientMessageError =
         Result.Error <| InvalidMessage (4400, "Invalid json in client message")
 
-    let deserializeClientMessage (serializerOptions : JsonSerializerOptions) (msg : string) = taskResult {
+    let deserializeClientMessage (serializerOptions : JsonSerializerOptions) (msg : IReadOnlyPooledList<byte>) = taskResult {
         try
-            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ClientMessage> (msg, serializerOptions)
+            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ClientMessage> (msg.Span, serializerOptions)
         with
         | :? InvalidWebsocketMessageException as ex ->
             logger.LogError(ex, "Invalid websocket message:\n{payload}", msg)
@@ -75,31 +80,35 @@ type GraphQLWebSocketMiddleware<'Root>
         && not (theSocket.State = WebSocketState.Closed)
 
     let receiveMessageViaSocket (cancellationToken : CancellationToken) (serializerOptions : JsonSerializerOptions) (socket : WebSocket) = taskResult {
-        let buffer = Array.zeroCreate 4096
-        let completeMessage = new List<byte> ()
-        let mutable segmentResponse : WebSocketReceiveResult = null
-        while (not cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-              && socket |> isSocketOpen
-              && ((segmentResponse = null)
-                  || (not segmentResponse.EndOfMessage)) do
-            try
-                let! r = socket.ReceiveAsync (new ArraySegment<byte> (buffer), cancellationToken)
-                segmentResponse <- r
-                completeMessage.AddRange (new ArraySegment<byte> (buffer, 0, r.Count))
-            with :? OperationCanceledException ->
-                ()
-
-        // TODO: Allocate string only if a debugger is attached
-        let message =
-            completeMessage
-            |> Seq.filter (fun x -> x > 0uy)
-            |> Array.ofSeq
-            |> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString
-        if String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace message then
-            return ValueNone
-        else
-            let! result = message |> deserializeClientMessage serializerOptions
-            return ValueSome result
+        let buffer = ArrayPool.Shared.Rent options.ReadBufferSize
+        try
+            let completeMessage = new PooledList<byte> ()
+            let mutable segmentResponse : WebSocketReceiveResult = null
+            while (not cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                  && socket |> isSocketOpen
+                  && ((segmentResponse = null)
+                      || (not segmentResponse.EndOfMessage)) do
+                try
+                    let! r = socket.ReceiveAsync (new ArraySegment<byte> (buffer), cancellationToken)
+                    segmentResponse <- r
+                    completeMessage.AddRange (new ArraySegment<byte> (buffer, 0, r.Count))
+                with :? OperationCanceledException ->
+                    ()
+
+            if Debugger.IsAttached then
+                let message =
+                    completeMessage
+                    |> Seq.filter (fun x -> x > 0uy)
+                    |> Array.ofSeq
+                    |> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString
+                logger.LogInformation ("-> Request: {request}", message)
+            if completeMessage.All(fun b -> b = 0uy) then
+                return ValueNone
+            else
+                let! result = deserializeClientMessage serializerOptions completeMessage
+                return ValueSome result
+        finally
+            ArrayPool.Shared.Return buffer
     }
 
     let sendMessageViaSocket (jsonSerializerOptions) (socket : WebSocket) (message : ServerMessage) : Task = task {
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/StartupExtensions.fs b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/StartupExtensions.fs
index f539b73b7..8ed2a9d3e 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/StartupExtensions.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Data.GraphQL.Server.AspNetCore/StartupExtensions.fs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ open System.Runtime.CompilerServices
 open Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
 open Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http
 open Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
-open FSharp.Data.GraphQL
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Options
+open FSharp.Data.GraphQL
 
 [<AutoOpen; Extension>]
 module ServiceCollectionExtensions =
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module ServiceCollectionExtensions =
     let createStandardOptions executor rootFactory endpointUrl = {
         SchemaExecutor = executor
         RootFactory = rootFactory
+        ReadBufferSize = 4096
         SerializerOptions = Json.serializerOptions
         WebsocketOptions = {
             EndpointUrl = endpointUrl