diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 839c84aa..c454dbb2 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var sys = require('sys');
 var net = require('net');
-var NUL = '\0';
 
-var chars = Buffer('RSKZQCTD','utf8');
-var UTF8 = {
-  R: chars[0],
-  S: chars[1],
-  K: chars[2],
-  Z: chars[3],
-  Q: chars[4],
-  C: chars[5],
-  T: chars[6],
-  D: chars[7]
+var NUL = '\0';
+var chars = ['R','S','K','Z','Q','C','T','D'];
+var charBuff = Buffer(chars.join(''),'utf8');
+var UTF8 = {};
+for(var i = 0; i < charBuff.length; i++){
+  var char = chars[i];
+  UTF8[char] = charBuff[i];
 };
 
 
@@ -24,6 +20,7 @@ var Client = function(config) {
   this.port = config.port || 5432;
   this.queryQueue = [];
 };
+
 sys.inherits(Client, EventEmitter);
 
 Client.prototype.connect = function() {
@@ -111,6 +108,7 @@ p.parse = function() {
   }
   return messages;
 };
+
 p.parseMessage =  function() {
   if(this.buffer.length == this.offset) {
     return false;