diff --git a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/NativeMethods.txt b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/NativeMethods.txt
index aa60595..15e5192 100644
--- a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/NativeMethods.txt
+++ b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/NativeMethods.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ GetCommModemStatus
 GetOverlappedResult
 ClearCommError
 GetCommProperties
-WIN32_ERROR
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+WIN32_ERROR
+GetHandleInformation
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diff --git a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort.csproj b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort.csproj
index 0a6e29e..91af2d0 100644
--- a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort.csproj
+++ b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort.csproj
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Win32Metadata" Version="61.0.15-preview" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/SerialPort.cs b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/SerialPort.cs
index fbe1613..7dde20b 100644
--- a/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/SerialPort.cs
+++ b/Nefarius.Peripherals.SerialPort/SerialPort.cs
@@ -257,11 +257,10 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
         CheckResult();
         _writeCount = toSend.GetLength(0);
 
-        fixed (byte* ptr = toSend)
         fixed (NativeOverlapped* ptrOl = &_ptrUwo)
         {
             uint sent;
-            if (PInvoke.WriteFile(_hPort, ptr, (uint)_writeCount, &sent, ptrOl))
+            if (PInvoke.WriteFile(_hPort, toSend.AsSpan(), &sent, ptrOl))
             {
                 _writeCount -= (int)sent;
             }
@@ -460,17 +459,16 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
 
     private unsafe void ReceiveThread()
     {
-        byte* buf = stackalloc byte[1];
-
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[1];
         AutoResetEvent sg = new(false);
         NativeOverlapped ov = new() { EventHandle = sg.SafeWaitHandle.DangerousGetHandle() };
 
-        COMM_EVENT_MASK eventMask = 0;
-
         try
         {
             while (true)
             {
+                COMM_EVENT_MASK eventMask = 0;
+
                 if (!PInvoke.SetCommMask(_hPort,
                         COMM_EVENT_MASK.EV_RXCHAR | COMM_EVENT_MASK.EV_TXEMPTY | COMM_EVENT_MASK.EV_CTS |
                         COMM_EVENT_MASK.EV_DSR
@@ -540,7 +538,7 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
                     uint gotBytes;
                     do
                     {
-                        if (!PInvoke.ReadFile(_hPort, buf, 1, &gotBytes, &ov))
+                        if (!PInvoke.ReadFile(_hPort, buffer, &gotBytes, &ov))
                         {
                             if (Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() == (int)WIN32_ERROR.ERROR_IO_PENDING)
                             {
@@ -555,7 +553,7 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
 
                         if (gotBytes == 1)
                         {
-                            OnRxChar(buf[0]);
+                            OnRxChar(buffer[0]);
                         }
                     } while (gotBytes > 0);
                 }
@@ -593,8 +591,7 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
 
                 if (i != 0)
                 {
-                    uint f;
-                    if (!Win32Com.GetCommModemStatus(_hPort.DangerousGetHandle(), out f))
+                    if (!Win32Com.GetCommModemStatus(_hPort.DangerousGetHandle(), out uint f))
                     {
                         throw new CommPortException("IO Error [005]");
                     }
@@ -643,4 +640,4 @@ public partial class SerialPort : IDisposable
         ThrowException("Offline");
         return false;
     }
-}
+}
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