diff --git a/Example/example.ts b/Example/example.ts
index 28aa66e7..8e8aeb1b 100644
--- a/Example/example.ts
+++ b/Example/example.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const logger = MAIN_LOGGER.child({ })
 logger.level = 'trace'
 
 const useStore = !process.argv.includes('--no-store')
+const doReplies = !process.argv.includes('--no-reply')
 
 // the store maintains the data of the WA connection in memory
 // can be written out to a file & read from it
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ const startSock = async() => {
 		console.log(JSON.stringify(m, undefined, 2))
 
 		const msg = m.messages[0]
-		if(!msg.key.fromMe && m.type === 'notify') {
+		if(!msg.key.fromMe && m.type === 'notify' && doReplies) {
 			console.log('replying to', m.messages[0].key.remoteJid)
 			await sock!.sendReadReceipt(msg.key.remoteJid, msg.key.participant, [msg.key.id])
 			await sendMessageWTyping({ text: 'Hello there!' }, msg.key.remoteJid)
diff --git a/src/Socket/chats.ts b/src/Socket/chats.ts
index 31776cf9..9ea410b7 100644
--- a/src/Socket/chats.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/chats.ts
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
 				xmlns: 'abt',
 				type: 'get',
-				id: generateMessageTag(),
 			},
 			content: [
 				{ tag: 'props', attrs: { protocol: '1' } }
@@ -573,7 +572,6 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 				to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
 				xmlns: 'w',
 				type: 'get',
-				id: generateMessageTag(),
 			},
 			content: [
 				{ tag: 'props', attrs: { } }
diff --git a/src/Utils/noise-handler.ts b/src/Utils/noise-handler.ts
index 4213cd3d..0251b08e 100644
--- a/src/Utils/noise-handler.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/noise-handler.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const makeNoiseHandler = ({ public: publicKey, private: privateKey }: Key
 
 	const authenticate = (data: Uint8Array) => {
 		if(!isFinished) {
-			hash = sha256(Buffer.from(Binary.build(hash, data).readByteArray()))
+			hash = sha256(Buffer.concat([hash, data]))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const makeNoiseHandler = ({ public: publicKey, private: privateKey }: Key
 		isFinished = true
 	}
 
-	const data = Binary.build(NOISE_MODE).readBuffer()
+	const data = Buffer.from(NOISE_MODE)
 	let hash = Buffer.from(data.byteLength === 32 ? data : sha256(Buffer.from(data)))
 	let salt = hash
 	let encKey = hash
diff --git a/src/Utils/validate-connection.ts b/src/Utils/validate-connection.ts
index 42c7f561..fd17be4d 100644
--- a/src/Utils/validate-connection.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/validate-connection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createHash } from 'crypto'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto'
 import { KEY_BUNDLE_TYPE } from '../Defaults'
 import type { AuthenticationCreds, SignalCreds, SocketConfig } from '../Types'
-import { Binary, BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, jidDecode, S_WHATSAPP_NET } from '../WABinary'
+import { BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, jidDecode, S_WHATSAPP_NET } from '../WABinary'
 import { Curve, hmacSign } from './crypto'
 import { encodeBigEndian } from './generics'
 import { createSignalIdentity } from './signal'
@@ -124,18 +124,26 @@ export const configureSuccessfulPairing = (
 	const account = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentity.decode(details)
 	const { accountSignatureKey, accountSignature } = account
 
-	const accountMsg = Binary.build(new Uint8Array([6, 0]), account.details, signedIdentityKey.public).readByteArray()
+	const accountMsg = Buffer.concat([
+		Buffer.from([6, 0]),
+		account.details,
+		signedIdentityKey.public
+	])
 	if(!Curve.verify(accountSignatureKey, accountMsg, accountSignature)) {
 		throw new Boom('Failed to verify account signature')
 	}
 
+	const deviceMsg = Buffer.concat([
+		new Uint8Array([6, 1]),
+		account.details,
+		signedIdentityKey.public,
+		account.accountSignatureKey
+	])
+	account.deviceSignature = Curve.sign(signedIdentityKey.private, deviceMsg)
+
 	const identity = createSignalIdentity(jid, accountSignatureKey)
 
 	const deviceIdentity = proto.ADVDeviceIdentity.decode(account.details)
-	const keyIndex = deviceIdentity.keyIndex
-
-	const deviceMsg = Binary.build(new Uint8Array([6, 1]), account.details, signedIdentityKey.public, account.accountSignatureKey).readByteArray()
-	account.deviceSignature = Curve.sign(signedIdentityKey.private, deviceMsg)
 
 	delete account.accountSignatureKey
 	const accountEnc = proto.ADVSignedDeviceIdentity.encode(account).finish()