diff --git a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
index 76aeb47..6924c40 100644
--- a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
+++ b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         = "Socket.IO-Client-Swift"
-  s.version      = "1.3.2"
+  s.version      = "1.3.3"
   s.summary      = "Socket.IO-client for Swift"
   s.description  = <<-DESC
                    Socket.IO-client for Swift.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.author       = { "Erik" => "nuclear.ace@gmail.com" }
   s.ios.deployment_target = '8.0'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.10'
-  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift.git", :tag => 'v1.3.2' }
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift.git", :tag => 'v1.3.3' }
   s.source_files  = "SwiftIO/**/*.swift"
   s.requires_arc = true
   # s.dependency 'Starscream', '~> 0.9' # currently this repo includes Starscream swift files
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
index 2fd9e2d..45a6dbe 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extension String {
     }
 }
 
-private typealias Probe = (msg:String, type:PacketType, data:[NSData]?)
+private typealias Probe = (msg:String, type:PacketType, data:ContiguousArray<NSData>?)
 private typealias ProbeWaitQueue = [Probe]
 
 public enum PacketType: String {
@@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
         }
     }
 
-    /*
-    Send a message with type 4
-    */
-    public func send(msg:String, withData datas:[NSData]?) {
+    /// Send an engine message (4)
+    public func send(msg:String, withData datas:ContiguousArray<NSData>?) {
         if self.probing {
             self.probeWait.append((msg, PacketType.MESSAGE, datas))
         } else {
@@ -496,9 +494,8 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
     }
 
     private func sendPollMessage(var msg:String, withType type:PacketType,
-        datas:[NSData]? = nil) {
+        datas:ContiguousArray<NSData>? = nil) {
             // println("Sending poll: \(msg) as type: \(type.rawValue)")
-
             doubleEncodeUTF8(&msg)
             let strMsg = "\(type.rawValue)\(msg)"
 
@@ -517,18 +514,19 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
             }
     }
 
-    private func sendWebSocketMessage(str:String, withType type:PacketType, datas:[NSData]? = nil) {
-        // println("Sending ws: \(str) as type: \(type.rawValue)")
-        self.ws?.writeString("\(type.rawValue)\(str)")
+    private func sendWebSocketMessage(str:String, withType type:PacketType,
+        datas:ContiguousArray<NSData>? = nil) {
+            // println("Sending ws: \(str) as type: \(type.rawValue)")
+            self.ws?.writeString("\(type.rawValue)\(str)")
 
-        if datas != nil {
-            for data in datas! {
-                let (data, nilString) = self.createBinaryDataForSend(data)
-                if data != nil {
-                    self.ws?.writeData(data!)
+            if datas != nil {
+                for data in datas! {
+                    let (data, nilString) = self.createBinaryDataForSend(data)
+                    if data != nil {
+                        self.ws?.writeData(data!)
+                    }
                 }
             }
-        }
     }
 
     // Starts the ping timer
@@ -554,7 +552,7 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
         }
     }
 
-    public func write(msg:String, withType type:PacketType, withData data:[NSData]?) {
+    public func write(msg:String, withType type:PacketType, withData data:ContiguousArray<NSData>?) {
         dispatch_async(self.emitQueue) {[weak self] in
             if self == nil {
                 return
@@ -565,10 +563,10 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
             }
 
             if self!.websocket {
-                // NSLog("writing ws: \(msg):\(datas)")
+                // NSLog("writing ws: \(msg):\(data)")
                 self?.sendWebSocketMessage(msg, withType: type, datas: data)
             } else {
-                // NSLog("writing poll: \(msg):\(datas)")
+                // NSLog("writing poll: \(msg):\(data)")
                 self?.sendPollMessage(msg, withType: type, datas: data)
             }
         }
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketEngineClient.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketEngineClient.swift
index 8e984c7..81ac7ee 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketEngineClient.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketEngineClient.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import Foundation
 
 @objc public protocol SocketEngineClient {
-    var ackQueue:dispatch_queue_attr_t! {get}
     var handleQueue:dispatch_queue_attr_t! {get}
     var emitQueue:dispatch_queue_attr_t! {get}
     var reconnecting:Bool {get}
@@ -38,4 +37,4 @@ import Foundation
     func pollingDidFail(err:NSError)
     func webSocketDidCloseWithCode(code:Int, reason:String, wasClean:Bool)
     func webSocketDidFailWithError(error:NSError)
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketEventHandler.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketEventHandler.swift
index 1922e02..82fd69b 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketEventHandler.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketEventHandler.swift
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ public typealias NormalCallback = (NSArray?, AckEmitter?) -> Void
 public typealias AnyHandler = (event:String, items:AnyObject?)
 public typealias AckEmitter = (AnyObject...) -> Void
 
-private func emitAckCallback(socket:SocketIOClient, num:Int, type:Int)
+private func emitAckCallback(socket:SocketIOClient, num:Int)
     // Curried
     (items:AnyObject...) -> Void {
-        socket.emitAck(num, withData: items, withAckType: type)
+        socket.emitAck(num, withData: items)
 }
 
 class SocketEventHandler {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class SocketEventHandler {
     func executeCallback(_ items:NSArray? = nil, withAck ack:Int? = nil, withAckType type:Int? = nil,
         withSocket socket:SocketIOClient? = nil) {
             dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {[weak self] in
-                self?.callback?(items, ack != nil ? emitAckCallback(socket!, ack!, type!) : nil)
+                self?.callback?(items, ack != nil ? emitAckCallback(socket!, ack!) : nil)
                 return
             }
     }
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
index 425d949..107131d 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -27,26 +27,24 @@ import Foundation
 public class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient {
     let reconnectAttempts:Int!
     private lazy var params = [String: AnyObject]()
-    private var ackHandlers = [SocketAckHandler]()
+    private var ackHandlers = ContiguousArray<SocketAckHandler>()
     private var anyHandler:((AnyHandler) -> Void)?
     private var _closed = false
     private var _connected = false
     private var _connecting = false
     private var currentReconnectAttempt = 0
     private var forcePolling = false
-    private var handlers = [SocketEventHandler]()
+    private var handlers = ContiguousArray<SocketEventHandler>()
     private var paramConnect = false
     private var _secure = false
     private var _sid:String?
     private var _reconnecting = false
     private var reconnectTimer:NSTimer?
     
-    internal var currentAck = -1
-    internal var waitingData = [SocketPacket]()
+    var currentAck = -1
+    var waitingData = ContiguousArray<SocketPacket>()
     
     public let socketURL:String
-    public let ackQueue = dispatch_queue_create("ackQueue".cStringUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding),
-        DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL)
     public let handleQueue = dispatch_queue_create("handleQueue".cStringUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding),
         DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL)
     public let emitQueue = dispatch_queue_create("emitQueue".cStringUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding),
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ public class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient {
     }
     public var cookies:[NSHTTPCookie]?
     public var engine:SocketEngine?
-    public var nsp:String?
+    public var nsp = "/"
     public var reconnects = true
     public var reconnecting:Bool {
         return self._reconnecting
@@ -244,69 +242,40 @@ public class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient {
     }
     
     private func _emit(event:String, _ args:[AnyObject], ack:Int? = nil) {
-        var frame:SocketPacket
-        var str:String
-        
-        let (items, hasBinary, emitDatas) = SocketParser.parseEmitArgs(args)
-        
         if !self.connected {
             return
         }
         
-        if hasBinary {
-            if ack == nil {
-                str = SocketPacket.createMessageForEvent(event, withArgs: items,
-                    hasBinary: true, withDatas: emitDatas.count, toNamespace: self.nsp)
-            } else {
-                str = SocketPacket.createMessageForEvent(event, withArgs: items,
-                    hasBinary: true, withDatas: emitDatas.count, toNamespace: self.nsp, wantsAck: ack)
-            }
-            
-            self.engine?.send(str, withData: emitDatas)
+        let packet = SocketPacket(type: nil, data: args, nsp: self.nsp, id: ack)
+        var str:String
+        
+        SocketParser.parseForEmit(packet)
+        str = packet.createMessageForEvent(event)
+        
+        if packet.type == SocketPacketType.BINARY_EVENT {
+            self.engine?.send(str, withData: packet.binary)
         } else {
-            if ack == nil {
-                str = SocketPacket.createMessageForEvent(event, withArgs: items, hasBinary: false,
-                    withDatas: 0, toNamespace: self.nsp)
-            } else {
-                str = SocketPacket.createMessageForEvent(event, withArgs: items, hasBinary: false,
-                    withDatas: 0, toNamespace: self.nsp, wantsAck: ack)
-            }
-            
             self.engine?.send(str, withData: nil)
         }
     }
     
     // If the server wants to know that the client received data
-    func emitAck(ack:Int, withData data:[AnyObject]?, withAckType ackType:Int) {
-        dispatch_async(self.ackQueue) {[weak self] in
-            if self == nil || !self!.connected || data == nil {
+    func emitAck(ack:Int, withData args:[AnyObject]) {
+        dispatch_async(self.emitQueue) {[weak self] in
+            if self == nil || !self!.connected {
                 return
             }
             
-            // println("sending ack: \(ack) \(data)")
-            let (items, hasBinary, emitDatas) = SocketParser.parseEmitArgs(data!)
+            let packet = SocketPacket(type: nil, data: args, nsp: self!.nsp, id: ack)
             var str:String
             
-            if !hasBinary {
-                if self?.nsp == nil {
-                    str = SocketPacket.createAck(ack, withArgs: items,
-                        withAckType: 3, withNsp: "/")
-                } else {
-                    str = SocketPacket.createAck(ack, withArgs: items,
-                        withAckType: 3, withNsp: self!.nsp!)
-                }
-                
-                self?.engine?.send(str, withData: nil)
+            SocketParser.parseForEmit(packet)
+            str = packet.createAck()
+            
+            if packet.type == SocketPacketType.BINARY_ACK {
+                self?.engine?.send(str, withData: packet.binary)
             } else {
-                if self?.nsp == nil {
-                    str = SocketPacket.createAck(ack, withArgs: items,
-                        withAckType: 6, withNsp: "/", withBinary: emitDatas.count)
-                } else {
-                    str = SocketPacket.createAck(ack, withArgs: items,
-                        withAckType: 6, withNsp: self!.nsp!, withBinary: emitDatas.count)
-                }
-                
-                self?.engine?.send(str, withData: emitDatas)
+                self?.engine?.send(str, withData: nil)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -361,8 +330,8 @@ public class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient {
     
     // Should be removed and moved to SocketEngine
     func joinNamespace() {
-        if self.nsp != nil {
-            self.engine?.send("0/\(self.nsp!)", withData: nil)
+        if self.nsp != "/" {
+            self.engine?.send("0/\(self.nsp)", withData: nil)
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketPacket.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketPacket.swift
index cfcbad6..3d981cc 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketPacket.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketPacket.swift
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ enum SocketPacketType: Int {
 }
 
 class SocketPacket {
-    let type:SocketPacketType
-    var binary = [NSData]()
+    var binary = ContiguousArray<NSData>()
     var currentPlace = 0
     var data:[AnyObject]?
     var id:Int?
     var justAck = false
     var nsp = ""
     var placeholders:Int?
+    var type:SocketPacketType?
 
-    init(type:SocketPacketType, data:[AnyObject]? = nil, nsp:String = "",
+    init(type:SocketPacketType?, data:[AnyObject]? = nil, nsp:String = "",
         placeholders:Int? = nil, id:Int? = nil) {
             self.type = type
             self.data = data
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ class SocketPacket {
             self.id = id
     }
 
-    /// Only call if you know data is not nil
-    func createBinaryPlaceHolders() {
-        var strData = "\(self.data!)"
-        println(strData)
-    }
-
     func getEvent() -> String {
         return data?.removeAtIndex(0) as! String
     }
@@ -95,77 +89,77 @@ class SocketPacket {
         }
     }
 
-    class func createMessageForEvent(event:String, withArgs args:[AnyObject],
-        hasBinary:Bool, withDatas datas:Int = 0, toNamespace nsp:String?, wantsAck ack:Int? = nil) -> String {
-
+    func createMessageForEvent(event:String) -> String {
             var message:String
             var jsonSendError:NSError?
 
-            if !hasBinary {
-                if nsp == nil {
-                    if ack == nil {
+            if self.binary.count == 0 {
+                self.type = SocketPacketType.EVENT
+
+                if self.nsp == "/" {
+                    if self.id == nil {
                         message = "2[\"\(event)\""
                     } else {
-                        message = "2\(ack!)[\"\(event)\""
+                        message = "2\(self.id!)[\"\(event)\""
                     }
                 } else {
-                    if ack == nil {
-                        message = "2/\(nsp!),[\"\(event)\""
+                    if self.id == nil {
+                        message = "2/\(self.nsp),[\"\(event)\""
                     } else {
-                        message = "2/\(nsp!),\(ack!)[\"\(event)\""
+                        message = "2/\(self.nsp),\(self.id!)[\"\(event)\""
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                if nsp == nil {
-                    if ack == nil {
-                        message = "5\(datas)-[\"\(event)\""
+                self.type = SocketPacketType.BINARY_EVENT
+
+                if self.nsp == "/" {
+                    if self.id == nil {
+                        message = "5\(self.binary.count)-[\"\(event)\""
                     } else {
-                        message = "5\(datas)-\(ack!)[\"\(event)\""
+                        message = "5\(self.binary.count)-\(self.id!)[\"\(event)\""
                     }
                 } else {
-                    if ack == nil {
-                        message = "5\(datas)-/\(nsp!),[\"\(event)\""
+                    if self.id == nil {
+                        message = "5\(self.binary.count)-/\(self.nsp),[\"\(event)\""
                     } else {
-                        message = "5\(datas)-/\(nsp!),\(ack!)[\"\(event)\""
+                        message = "5\(self.binary.count)-/\(self.nsp),\(self.id!)[\"\(event)\""
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            return self.completeMessage(message, args: args)
+            return self.completeMessage(message)
     }
 
-    class func createAck(ack:Int, withArgs args:[AnyObject], withAckType ackType:Int,
-        withNsp nsp:String, withBinary binary:Int = 0) -> String {
+    func createAck() -> String {
             var msg:String
 
-            if ackType == 3 {
+            if self.binary.count == 0 {
                 if nsp == "/" {
-                    msg = "3\(ack)["
+                    msg = "3\(self.id!)["
                 } else {
-                    msg = "3/\(nsp),\(ack)["
+                    msg = "3/\(self.nsp),\(self.id!)["
                 }
             } else {
                 if nsp == "/" {
-                    msg = "6\(binary)-\(ack)["
+                    msg = "6\(self.binary.count)-\(self.id!)["
                 } else {
-                    msg = "6\(binary)-/\(nsp),\(ack)["
+                    msg = "6\(self.binary.count)-/\(self.nsp),\(self.id!)["
                 }
             }
 
-            return self.completeMessage(msg, args: args, ack: true)
+            return self.completeMessage(msg, ack: true)
     }
 
-    private class func completeMessage(var message:String, args:[AnyObject], ack:Bool = false) -> String {
+    func completeMessage(var message:String, ack:Bool = false) -> String {
         var err:NSError?
 
-        if args.count == 0 {
+        if self.data == nil || self.data!.count == 0 {
             return message + "]"
         } else if !ack {
             message += ","
         }
 
-        for arg in args {
-
+        for arg in self.data! {    
             if arg is NSDictionary || arg is [AnyObject] {
                 let jsonSend = NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(arg,
                     options: NSJSONWritingOptions(0), error: &err)
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketParser.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketParser.swift
index 20fbe9e..3b68e51 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketParser.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketParser.swift
@@ -22,59 +22,114 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
+private let shredder = SocketParser.PacketShredder()
+
 class SocketParser {
+    // Translation of socket.io-parser#deconstructPacket
+    private class PacketShredder {
+        var buf = ContiguousArray<NSData>()
+
+        func shred(data:AnyObject) -> AnyObject {
+            if let bin = data as? NSData {
+                let placeholder = ["_placeholder" :true, "num": buf.count]
+
+                buf.append(bin)
+
+                return placeholder
+            } else if let arr = data as? NSArray {
+                var newArr = NSMutableArray(array: arr)
+
+                for i in 0..<arr.count {
+                    newArr[i] = shred(arr[i])
+                }
+
+                return newArr
+            } else if let dict = data as? NSDictionary {
+                var newDict = NSMutableDictionary(dictionary: dict)
+
+                for (key, value) in newDict {
+                    newDict[key as NSCopying] = shred(value)
+                }
+
+                return newDict
+            } else {
+                return data
+            }
+        }
+
+        func deconstructPacket(packet:SocketPacket) {
+            if packet.data == nil {
+                return
+            }
+
+            var data = packet.data!
+
+            for i in 0..<data.count {
+                if data[i] is NSArray || data[i] is NSDictionary {
+                    data[i] = shred(data[i])
+                } else if let bin = data[i] as? NSData {
+                    data[i] = ["_placeholder" :true, "num": buf.count]
+                    buf.append(bin)
+                }
+            }
+
+            packet.data = data
+            packet.binary = buf
+            buf.removeAll(keepCapacity: true)
+        }
+    }
+
     // Translation of socket.io-client#decodeString
     class func parseString(str:String) -> SocketPacket? {
         let arr = Array(str)
         let type = String(arr[0])
-        
+
         if arr.count == 1 {
             return SocketPacket(type: SocketPacketType(str: type))
         }
-        
+
         var id = nil as Int?
         var nsp = ""
         var i = 0
         var placeholders = -1
-        
+
         if type == "5" || type == "6" {
             var buf = ""
-            
+
             while arr[++i] != "-" {
                 buf += String(arr[i])
                 if i == arr.count {
                     break
                 }
             }
-            
+
             if buf.toInt() == nil || arr[i] != "-" {
-                println(buf)
                 NSLog("Error parsing \(str)")
                 return nil
             } else {
                 placeholders = buf.toInt()!
             }
         }
-        
+
         if arr[i + 1] == "/" {
             while ++i < arr.count {
                 let c = arr[i]
-                
+
                 if c == "," {
                     break
                 }
-                
+
                 nsp += String(c)
             }
         }
-        
+
         if i + 1 >= arr.count {
             return SocketPacket(type: SocketPacketType(str: type),
                 nsp: nsp, placeholders: placeholders, id: id)
         }
-        
+
         let next = String(arr[i + 1])
-        
+
         if next.toInt() != nil {
             var c = ""
             while ++i < arr.count {
@@ -85,226 +140,87 @@ class SocketParser {
                     break
                 }
             }
-            
+
             id = c.toInt()
         }
-        
+
         if i + 1 < arr.count {
             let d = String(arr[++i...arr.count-1])
             let noPlaceholders = d["(\\{\"_placeholder\":true,\"num\":(\\d*)\\})"] ~= "\"~~$2\""
-            
+
             let data = SocketParser.parseData(noPlaceholders) as! [AnyObject]
-            
+
             return SocketPacket(type: SocketPacketType(str: type), data: data,
                 nsp: nsp, placeholders: placeholders, id: id)
         }
-        
+
         return nil
     }
-    
-    // Parse an NSArray looking for binary data
-    class func parseArray(arr:NSArray, var currentPlaceholder:Int) -> (NSArray, Bool, [NSData]) {
-        var replacementArr = [AnyObject](count: arr.count, repeatedValue: 1)
-        var hasBinary = false
-        var arrayDatas = [NSData]()
-        
-        for g in 0..<arr.count {
-            if arr[g] is NSData {
-                hasBinary = true
-                currentPlaceholder++
-                let sendData = arr[g] as! NSData
-                
-                arrayDatas.append(sendData)
-                replacementArr[g] = ["_placeholder": true,
-                    "num": currentPlaceholder]
-            } else if let dict = arr[g] as? NSDictionary {
-                let (nestDict, hadBinary, dictArrs) = self.parseNSDictionary(dict,
-                    currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                
-                if hadBinary {
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    currentPlaceholder += dictArrs.count
-                    replacementArr[g] = nestDict
-                    arrayDatas.extend(dictArrs)
-                } else {
-                    replacementArr[g] = dict
-                }
-            } else if let nestArr = arr[g] as? NSArray {
-                // Recursive
-                let (nested, hadBinary, nestDatas) = self.parseArray(nestArr,
-                    currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                
-                if hadBinary {
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    currentPlaceholder += nestDatas.count
-                    replacementArr[g] = nested
-                    arrayDatas.extend(nestDatas)
-                } else {
-                    replacementArr[g] = arr[g]
-                }
-            } else {
-                replacementArr[g] = arr[g]
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return (replacementArr, hasBinary, arrayDatas)
-    }
-    
+
     // Parses data for events
     class func parseData(data:String) -> AnyObject? {
         var err:NSError?
         let stringData = data.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false)
         let parsed:AnyObject? = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(stringData!,
             options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments, error: &err)
-        
+
         if err != nil {
             // println(err)
             return nil
         }
-        
+
         return parsed
     }
-    
-    class func parseEmitArgs(args:[AnyObject]) -> ([AnyObject], Bool, [NSData]) {
-        var items = [AnyObject](count: args.count, repeatedValue: 1)
-        var currentPlaceholder = -1
-        var hasBinary = false
-        var emitDatas = [NSData]()
-        
-        for i in 0..<args.count {
-            if let dict = args[i] as? NSDictionary {
-                // Check for binary data
-                let (newDict, hadBinary, binaryDatas) = self.parseNSDictionary(dict,
-                    currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                if hadBinary {
-                    currentPlaceholder += binaryDatas.count
-                    emitDatas.extend(binaryDatas)
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    items[i] = newDict
-                } else {
-                    items[i] = dict
-                }
-            } else if let arr = args[i] as? NSArray {
-                // arg is array, check for binary
-                let (replace, hadData, newDatas) = self.parseArray(arr,
-                    currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                
-                if hadData {
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    currentPlaceholder += newDatas.count
-                    
-                    for data in newDatas {
-                        emitDatas.append(data)
-                    }
-                    
-                    items[i] = replace
-                } else {
-                    items[i] = arr
-                }
-            } else if let binaryData = args[i] as? NSData {
-                // args is just binary
-                hasBinary = true
-                
-                currentPlaceholder++
-                items[i] = ["_placeholder": true, "num": currentPlaceholder]
-                emitDatas.append(binaryData)
-            } else {
-                items[i] = args[i]
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return (items, hasBinary, emitDatas)
+
+    class func parseForEmit(packet:SocketPacket) {
+        shredder.deconstructPacket(packet)
     }
-    
-    // Parses a NSDictionary, looking for NSData objects
-    class func parseNSDictionary(dict:NSDictionary, var currentPlaceholder:Int) -> (NSDictionary, Bool, [NSData]) {
-        var returnDict = NSMutableDictionary()
-        var hasBinary = false
-        var returnDatas = [NSData]()
-        
-        for (key, value) in dict {
-            if let binaryData = value as? NSData {
-                currentPlaceholder++
-                hasBinary = true
-                returnDatas.append(binaryData)
-                returnDict[key as! String] = ["_placeholder": true, "num": currentPlaceholder]
-            } else if let arr = value as? NSArray {
-                let (replace, hadBinary, arrDatas) = self.parseArray(arr, currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                
-                if hadBinary {
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    returnDict[key as! String] = replace
-                    currentPlaceholder += arrDatas.count
-                    returnDatas.extend(arrDatas)
-                } else {
-                    returnDict[key as! String] = arr
-                }
-            } else if let dict = value as? NSDictionary {
-                // Recursive
-                let (nestDict, hadBinary, nestDatas) = self.parseNSDictionary(dict, currentPlaceholder: currentPlaceholder)
-                
-                if hadBinary {
-                    hasBinary = true
-                    returnDict[key as! String] = nestDict
-                    currentPlaceholder += nestDatas.count
-                    returnDatas.extend(nestDatas)
-                } else {
-                    returnDict[key as! String] = dict
-                }
-            } else {
-                returnDict[key as! String] = value
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return (returnDict, hasBinary, returnDatas)
-    }
-    
+
     // Parses messages recieved
-    class func parseSocketMessage(var stringMessage:String, socket:SocketIOClient) {
+    class func parseSocketMessage(stringMessage:String, socket:SocketIOClient) {
         if stringMessage == "" {
             return
         }
-        
+
         func checkNSP(nsp:String) -> Bool {
-            if nsp == "" && socket.nsp != nil {
+            if nsp == "" && socket.nsp != "/" {
                 return true
             } else {
                 return false
             }
         }
-        
-        var p = parseString(stringMessage) as SocketPacket!
-        
-        
+
+        let p = parseString(stringMessage) as SocketPacket!
+
         if p.type == SocketPacketType.EVENT {
             if checkNSP(p.nsp) {
                 return
             }
-            
+
             socket.handleEvent(p.getEvent(), data: p.data, isInternalMessage: false, wantsAck: p.id, withAckType: 3)
         } else if p.type == SocketPacketType.ACK {
             if checkNSP(p.nsp) {
                 return
             }
-            
+
             socket.handleAck(p.id!, data: p.data)
         } else if p.type == SocketPacketType.BINARY_EVENT {
             if checkNSP(p.nsp) {
                 return
             }
-            
+
             socket.waitingData.append(p)
         } else if p.type == SocketPacketType.BINARY_ACK {
             if checkNSP(p.nsp) {
                 return
             }
-            
+
             p.justAck = true
             socket.waitingData.append(p)
         } else if p.type == SocketPacketType.CONNECT {
-            if p.nsp == "" && socket.nsp != nil {
+            if p.nsp == "" && socket.nsp != "/" {
                 socket.joinNamespace()
-            } else if p.nsp != "" && socket.nsp == nil {
+            } else if p.nsp != "" && socket.nsp == "/" {
                 socket.didConnect()
             } else {
                 socket.didConnect()
@@ -313,25 +229,25 @@ class SocketParser {
             socket.didForceClose(message: "Got Disconnect")
         }
     }
-    
+
     // Handles binary data
     class func parseBinaryData(data:NSData, socket:SocketIOClient) {
         // NSLog(data.base64EncodedStringWithOptions(NSDataBase64EncodingOptions.allZeros))
-        
+
         if socket.waitingData.count == 0 {
             NSLog("Got data when not remaking packet")
             return
         }
-        
+
         let shouldExecute = socket.waitingData[0].addData(data)
-        
+
         if !shouldExecute {
             return
         }
-        
+
         let packet = socket.waitingData.removeAtIndex(0)
         packet.fillInPlaceholders()
-        
+
         if !packet.justAck {
             socket.handleEvent(packet.getEvent(), data: packet.data,
                 wantsAck: packet.id, withAckType: 6)