diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/gameclients/GameClient.java b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/gameclients/GameClient.java
index 11b43f49..eb9e6a8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/gameclients/GameClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/gameclients/GameClient.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class GameClient {
     public void sendResponse(MessageComposer composer) {
         if (this.channel.isOpen()) {
             try {
-                this.channel.write(composer.compose(), this.channel.voidPromise());
+                this.channel.write(composer.compose().retain(), this.channel.voidPromise());
                 this.channel.flush();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 Emulator.getLogging().logPacketError(e);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class GameClient {
                 return;
             }
 
-            this.channel.write(response, this.channel.voidPromise());
+            this.channel.write(response.retain(), this.channel.voidPromise());
             this.channel.flush();
         }
     }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class GameClient {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                this.channel.write(response);
+                this.channel.write(response.retain());
             }
 
             this.channel.flush();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/messages/ServerMessage.java b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/messages/ServerMessage.java
index e61d0d45..ee84e2f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/messages/ServerMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/messages/ServerMessage.java
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import com.eu.habbo.Emulator;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufOutputStream;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import io.netty.util.IllegalReferenceCountException;
+import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
-public class ServerMessage {
+public class ServerMessage implements ReferenceCounted {
+
     private int header;
     private ByteBufOutputStream stream;
     private ByteBuf channelBuffer;
@@ -192,8 +195,42 @@ public class ServerMessage {
         return this.channelBuffer.copy();
     }
 
-    public void release() {
-        this.channelBuffer.release();
+    @Override
+    public int refCnt() {
+        return this.channelBuffer.refCnt();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReferenceCounted retain() {
+        this.channelBuffer.retain();
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReferenceCounted retain(int i) {
+        this.channelBuffer.retain(i);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReferenceCounted touch() {
+        this.channelBuffer.touch();
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReferenceCounted touch(Object o) {
+        this.channelBuffer.touch(o);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public boolean release() {
+        return this.channelBuffer.release();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean release(int i) {
+        return this.channelBuffer.release(i);
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/decoders/GameMessageHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/decoders/GameMessageHandler.java
index 05e0164a..9674c707 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/decoders/GameMessageHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/decoders/GameMessageHandler.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class GameMessageHandler extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
         if (cause instanceof TooLongFrameException) {
             Emulator.getLogging().logErrorLine("Disconnecting client, reason: \"" + cause.getMessage() + "\".");
         } else {
+            cause.printStackTrace();
+
             Emulator.getLogging().logErrorLine("Disconnecting client, exception in GameMessageHander:");
             Emulator.getLogging().logErrorLine(cause.toString());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/GameServerMessageLogger.java b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/GameServerMessageLogger.java
index 224e227f..264a7837 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/GameServerMessageLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/GameServerMessageLogger.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class GameServerMessageLogger extends MessageToMessageEncoder<ServerMessa
     protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ServerMessage message, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
         Emulator.getLogging().logPacketLine("[" + Logging.ANSI_PURPLE + "SERVER" + Logging.ANSI_RESET + "] => [" + message.getHeader() + "] -> " + message.getBodyString());
 
-        out.add(message);
+        out.add(message.retain());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/ServerMessageEncoder.java b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/ServerMessageEncoder.java
index 928264d4..3baba4ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/ServerMessageEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/networking/gameserver/encoders/ServerMessageEncoder.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.eu.habbo.messages.ServerMessage;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;
+import io.netty.util.IllegalReferenceCountException;
 
 public class ServerMessageEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ServerMessage> {
 
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ public class ServerMessageEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<ServerMessage> {
             out.writeBytes(buf);
         } finally {
             buf.release();
-            message.release();
         }
     }