diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Mapping/Location.cs b/MinecraftClient/Mapping/Location.cs
index 02ee3c23..c5232330 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Mapping/Location.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Mapping/Location.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Mapping
         /// <param name="blockX">Location of the block into the chunk</param>
         /// <param name="blockY">Location of the block into the world</param>
         /// <param name="blockZ">Location of the block into the chunk</param>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
         public Location(int chunkX, int chunkZ, int blockX, int blockY, int blockZ)
         {
             X = chunkX * Chunk.SizeX + blockX;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/Inflate.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/Inflate.cs
index eaf0f909..f81e49fe 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/Inflate.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/Inflate.cs
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
             return oldCheck;
         }
 
-
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         internal int Process(int r)
         {
             int t; // temporary storage
@@ -676,7 +674,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         }
 
         // copy as much as possible from the sliding window to the output area
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         internal int Flush(int r)
         {
             int nBytes;
@@ -803,7 +800,7 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
             tree = null;
         }
 
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
+
         internal int Process(InflateBlocks blocks, int r)
         {
             int j;      // temporary storage
@@ -1165,8 +1162,7 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         // (the maximum string length) and number of input bytes available
         // at least ten.  The ten bytes are six bytes for the longest length/
         // distance pair plus four bytes for overloading the bit buffer.
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
-
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         internal int InflateFast(int bl, int bd, int[] tl, int tl_index, int[] td, int td_index, InflateBlocks s, ZlibCodec z)
         {
             int t;        // temporary pointer
@@ -1515,7 +1511,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         }
 
 
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         internal int Inflate(FlushType flush)
         {
             int b;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibBaseStream.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibBaseStream.cs
index e4879481..a02c46a8 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibBaseStream.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibBaseStream.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
 
 
 
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         private void finish()
         {
             if (_z == null) return;
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         }
 
 
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public override void Close()
         {
             if (_stream == null) return;
@@ -416,7 +414,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         }
 
 
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public override System.Int32 Read(System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32 offset, System.Int32 count)
         {
             // According to MS documentation, any implementation of the IO.Stream.Read function must:
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibCodec.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibCodec.cs
index 97b5882c..e6b7299e 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibCodec.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibCodec.cs
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         /// </example>
         /// <param name="flush">The flush to use when inflating.</param>
         /// <returns>Z_OK if everything goes well.</returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public int Inflate(FlushType flush)
         {
             if (istate == null)
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibStream.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibStream.cs
index 27cead91..fb1a85d9 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibStream.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Compression/ZlibStream.cs
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         /// <param name="disposing">
         ///   indicates whether the Dispose method was invoked by user code.
         /// </param>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             try
@@ -545,10 +544,9 @@ namespace Ionic.Zlib
         /// <param name="count">the number of bytes to read.</param>
         ///
         /// <returns>the number of bytes read</returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
         {
-                if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("ZlibStream");
+            if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("ZlibStream");
             return _baseStream.Read(buffer, offset, count);
         }
 
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18.cs
index 914a0156..6f273df8 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MinecraftClient.Protocol.Keys;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using MinecraftClient.Protocol.Session;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 
 namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
 {
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         private bool login_phase = true;
         private int protocolversion;
         private int currentDimension;
+        private readonly BlockingCollection<Tuple<int, Queue<byte>>> packetQueue = new();
 
         Protocol18Forge pForge;
         Protocol18Terrain pTerrain;
@@ -211,30 +213,54 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         private bool Update()
         {
             handler.OnUpdate();
-            if (!socketWrapper.IsConnected())
+
+            if (packetQueue.IsAddingCompleted)
                 return false;
-            try
+
+            while (packetQueue.TryTake(out Tuple<int, Queue<byte>>? packetInfo))
             {
-                while (socketWrapper.HasDataAvailable())
+                (int packetID, Queue<byte> packetData) = packetInfo;
+
+                HandlePacket(packetID, packetData);
+
+                if (handler.GetNetworkPacketCaptureEnabled())
                 {
-                    int packetID = 0;
-                    Queue<byte> packetData = ReadNextPacket(ref packetID);
-                    HandlePacket(packetID, packetData);
+                    List<byte> clone = packetData.ToList();
+                    handler.OnNetworkPacket(packetID, clone, login_phase, true);
                 }
             }
-            catch (System.IO.IOException) { return false; }
-            catch (SocketException) { return false; }
-            catch (NullReferenceException) { return false; }
-            catch (Ionic.Zlib.ZlibException) { return false; }
+
             return true;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Read and decompress packets.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void PacketReader()
+        {
+            while (socketWrapper.IsConnected())
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    while (socketWrapper.HasDataAvailable())
+                        packetQueue.Add(ReadNextPacket());
+                }
+                catch (System.IO.IOException) { break; }
+                catch (SocketException) { break; }
+                catch (NullReferenceException) { break; }
+                catch (Ionic.Zlib.ZlibException) { break; }
+
+                Thread.Sleep(10);
+            }
+            packetQueue.CompleteAdding();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Read the next packet from the network
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="packetID">will contain packet ID</param>
         /// <param name="packetData">will contain raw packet Data</param>
-        internal Queue<byte> ReadNextPacket(ref int packetID)
+        internal Tuple<int, Queue<byte>> ReadNextPacket()
         {
             int size = dataTypes.ReadNextVarIntRAW(socketWrapper); //Packet size
             Queue<byte> packetData = new(socketWrapper.ReadDataRAW(size)); //Packet contents
@@ -252,7 +278,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
                 }
             }
 
-            packetID = dataTypes.ReadNextVarInt(packetData); //Packet ID
+            int packetID = dataTypes.ReadNextVarInt(packetData); //Packet ID
 
             if (handler.GetNetworkPacketCaptureEnabled())
             {
@@ -260,7 +286,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
                 handler.OnNetworkPacket(packetID, clone, login_phase, true);
             }
 
-            return packetData;
+            return new(packetID, packetData);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1447,6 +1473,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         /// </summary>
         private void StartUpdating()
         {
+            new Thread(new ThreadStart(PacketReader)).Start();
 
             netRead = new Tuple<Thread, CancellationTokenSource>(new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(Updater)), new CancellationTokenSource());
             netRead.Item1.Name = "ProtocolPacketHandler";
@@ -1552,10 +1579,9 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
             }
             SendPacket(0x00, fullLoginPacket);
 
-            int packetID = -1;
             while (true)
             {
-                Queue<byte> packetData = ReadNextPacket(ref packetID);
+                (int packetID, Queue<byte> packetData) = ReadNextPacket();
                 if (packetID == 0x00) //Login rejected
                 {
                     handler.OnConnectionLost(ChatBot.DisconnectReason.LoginRejected, ChatParser.ParseText(dataTypes.ReadNextString(packetData)));
@@ -1660,8 +1686,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
             int loopPrevention = UInt16.MaxValue;
             while (true)
             {
-                int packetID = -1;
-                Queue<byte> packetData = ReadNextPacket(ref packetID);
+                (int packetID, Queue<byte> packetData) = ReadNextPacket();
                 if (packetID < 0 || loopPrevention-- < 0) // Failed to read packet or too many iterations (issue #1150)
                 {
                     handler.OnConnectionLost(ChatBot.DisconnectReason.ConnectionLost, Translations.Get("error.invalid_encrypt"));
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18Forge.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18Forge.cs
index bfa401a0..f3aa5634 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18Forge.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/Protocol18Forge.cs
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         {
             if (ForgeEnabled() && forgeInfo.Version == FMLVersion.FML)
             {
-                int packetID = -1;
-
                 while (fmlHandshakeState != FMLHandshakeClientState.DONE)
                 {
-                    Queue<byte> packetData = protocol18.ReadNextPacket(ref packetID);
+                    (int packetID, Queue<byte> packetData) = protocol18.ReadNextPacket();
 
                     if (packetID == 0x40) // Disconnect
                     {
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/ZlibUtils.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/ZlibUtils.cs
index f4822f16..e7936b50 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/ZlibUtils.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Handlers/ZlibUtils.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         /// <param name="to_decompress">Data to decompress</param>
         /// <param name="size_uncompressed">Size of the data once decompressed</param>
         /// <returns>Decompressed data as a byte array</returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public static byte[] Decompress(byte[] to_decompress, int size_uncompressed)
         {
             ZlibStream stream = new ZlibStream(new System.IO.MemoryStream(to_decompress, false), CompressionMode.Decompress);
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Handlers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="to_decompress">Data to decompress</param>
         /// <returns>Decompressed data as byte array</returns>
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining | MethodImplOptions.AggressiveOptimization)]
         public static byte[] Decompress(byte[] to_decompress)
         {
             ZlibStream stream = new ZlibStream(new System.IO.MemoryStream(to_decompress, false), CompressionMode.Decompress);