diff --git a/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs b/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
index 1fdcc86..f44441a 100644
--- a/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
+++ b/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
@@ -52,33 +52,29 @@ fn message_decoder(codec: &value::Codec<V, Syndicate>)
             return match r {
                 Ok(ref m) => match m {
                     Message::Text(_) => Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(
-                        value::decoder::Error::Syntax("Text websocket frames are not accepted"))),
+                        value::reader::err("Text websocket frames are not accepted"))),
                     Message::Binary(ref bs) => {
                         let mut buf = &bs[..];
-                        match codec.decode(&mut buf) {
-                            Ok(v) => if buf.len() > 0 {
-                                Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(
-                                    value::decoder::Error::Io(
-                                        std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                                                            format!("{} trailing bytes",
-                                                                    buf.len())))))
-                            } else {
-                                value::from_value(&v).map_err(|e| packets::DecodeError::Parse(e, v))
-                            }
-                            Err(value::decoder::Error::Eof) =>
-                                Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(
-                                    value::decoder::Error::Io(
-                                        std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                                                            "short packet")))),
-                            Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
+                        let mut vs = codec.decode_all(&mut buf)?;
+                        if vs.len() > 1 {
+                            Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(
+                                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                                                    "Multiple packets in a single message")))
+                        } else if vs.len() == 0 {
+                            Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(
+                                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                                                    "Empty message")))
+                        } else {
+                            value::from_value(&vs[0])
+                                .map_err(|e| packets::DecodeError::Parse(e, vs.swap_remove(0)))
                         }
                     }
                     Message::Ping(_) => continue, // pings are handled by tungstenite before we see them
                     Message::Pong(_) => continue, // unsolicited pongs are to be ignored
-                    Message::Close(_) => Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::decoder::Error::Eof)),
+                    Message::Close(_) => Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::reader::eof())),
                 }
                 Err(tungstenite::Error::Io(e)) => Err(e.into()),
-                Err(e) => Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::decoder::Error::Io(other_eio(e)))),
+                Err(e) => Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(other_eio(e))),
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/packets.rs b/src/packets.rs
index 33165b8..e9d2aa5 100644
--- a/src/packets.rs
+++ b/src/packets.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::V;
 use super::Syndicate;
 
 use bytes::{Buf, buf::BufMutExt, BytesMut};
-use preserves::{value, ser::Serializer};
+use preserves::{value, ser::Serializer, value::Reader};
 use std::io;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ pub enum DecodeError {
     Parse(value::error::Error<Syndicate>, V),
 }
 
-impl From<value::decoder::Error> for DecodeError {
-    fn from(v: value::decoder::Error) -> Self {
-        DecodeError::Read(v)
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<io::Error> for DecodeError {
     fn from(v: io::Error) -> Self {
         DecodeError::Read(v.into())
@@ -109,6 +103,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for EncodeError {
 
 impl std::error::Error for EncodeError {
 }
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 pub struct Codec<InT, OutT> {
@@ -148,18 +143,19 @@ impl<InT: serde::de::DeserializeOwned, OutT> tokio_util::codec::Decoder for Code
     fn decode(&mut self, bs: &mut BytesMut) -> Result<Option<Self::Item>, Self::Error> {
         let mut buf = &bs[..];
         let orig_len = buf.len();
-        let res = self.codec.decode(&mut buf);
-        let final_len = buf.len();
-        match res {
-            Ok(v) => {
-                bs.advance(orig_len - final_len);
+        let mut d = self.codec.decoder(&mut buf);
+        match d.next() {
+            None => Ok(None),
+            Some(res) => {
+                let v = res?;
+                let buffered_len = d.read.buffered_len()?;
+                let final_len = buf.len();
+                bs.advance(orig_len - final_len - buffered_len);
                 match value::from_value(&v) {
                     Ok(p) => Ok(Some(p)),
                     Err(e) => Err(DecodeError::Parse(e, v))
                 }
             }
-            Err(value::decoder::Error::Eof) => Ok(None),
-            Err(e) => Err(DecodeError::Read(e)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/peer.rs b/src/peer.rs
index c6d602c..de1595a 100644
--- a/src/peer.rs
+++ b/src/peer.rs
@@ -121,14 +121,16 @@ where I: Stream<Item = ResultC2S> + Send,
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::decoder::Error::Eof)) => {
-                            tracing::trace!("eof");
-                            running = false;
-                        }
-                        Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::decoder::Error::Io(e))) => return Err(e),
-                        Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(value::decoder::Error::Syntax(s))) => {
-                            to_send.push(err(s, value::Value::from(false).wrap()));
-                            running = false;
+                        Err(packets::DecodeError::Read(e)) => {
+                            if value::is_eof_error(&e) {
+                                tracing::trace!("eof");
+                                running = false;
+                            } else if value::is_syntax_error(&e) {
+                                to_send.push(err(&e.to_string(), value::Value::from(false).wrap()));
+                                running = false;
+                            } else {
+                                return Err(e)
+                            }
                         }
                         Err(packets::DecodeError::Parse(e, v)) => {
                             to_send.push(err(&format!("Packet deserialization error: {}", e), v));