diff --git a/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineSpec.swift b/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineSpec.swift
index 5554a27..52105e9 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineSpec.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineSpec.swift
@@ -296,12 +296,11 @@ extension SocketEngineSpec {
 
     func createBinaryDataForSend(using data: Data) -> Either<Data, String> {
         if websocket {
-            var byteArray = [UInt8](repeating: 0x4, count: 1)
-            let mutData = NSMutableData(bytes: &byteArray, length: 1)
+            var mutData = Data(bytes: [UInt8](repeating: 0x4, count: 1))
 
             mutData.append(data)
 
-            return .left(mutData as Data)
+            return .left(mutData)
         } else {
             return .right("b4" + data.base64EncodedString(options: Data.Base64EncodingOptions(rawValue: 0)))
         }
diff --git a/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineWebsocket.swift b/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineWebsocket.swift
index e22346e..9e0e7a0 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineWebsocket.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIO/Engine/SocketEngineWebsocket.swift
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ extension WebSocket {
 
     func write(string: String) {
         do {
-            try ws?.send(string)
+            try send(string)
         } catch {
             DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.error("Error sending string", type: "SocketEngineWebsocket", args: string)
         }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ extension WebSocket {
     func write(data: Data) {
         do {
             try data.withUnsafeBytes {(bytes: UnsafePointer<UInt8>) in
-                try ws?.send(Array(UnsafeBufferPointer(start: bytes, count: data.count)))
+                try self.send(Array(UnsafeBufferPointer(start: bytes, count: data.count)))
             }
         } catch {
             DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.error("Error sending data", type: "SocketEngineWebsocket", args: data)
diff --git a/Source/SocketIO/Util/SocketLogger.swift b/Source/SocketIO/Util/SocketLogger.swift
index 0b457ae..3141eb0 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIO/Util/SocketLogger.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIO/Util/SocketLogger.swift
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ public extension SocketLogger {
     private func abstractLog(_ logType: String, message: String, type: String, args: [Any]) {
         guard log else { return }
 
+        #if !os(Linux)
         let newArgs = args.map({arg -> CVarArg in String(describing: arg)})
         let messageFormat = String(format: message, arguments: newArgs)
 
         NSLog("\(logType) \(type): %@", messageFormat)
+        #endif
     }
 }