diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b35660b..d80a261 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 
     const clap_dep = b.dependency("clap", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
     const clap = clap_dep.module("clap");
+    const fastb64z_dep = b.dependency("fastb64z", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
+    const fastb64z = fastb64z_dep.module("fastb64z");
 
     var opt = b.addOptions();
-    opt.addOption([]const u8, "version", "0.0.2");
+    opt.addOption([]const u8, "version", "0.0.3");
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "b64",
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
     exe.root_module.addImport("build_info", opt.createModule());
     exe.root_module.addImport("clap", clap);
+    exe.root_module.addImport("fastb64z", fastb64z);
     b.installArtifact(exe);
     const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 3ba1ebb..053da10 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
     .paths = .{""},
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.13.0",
     .dependencies = .{
+        .fastb64z = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/joadnacer/fastb64z/archive/17f00616b661efa6e02065c4c9a0e7b4682e0a16.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "1220e16c6b41749367d8663ba8acc356fdafce8b0fef40edb59ce0525e0683392eda",
+        },
         .clap = .{
             .url = "https://github.com/Hejsil/zig-clap/archive/master/latest.tar.gz",
             .hash = "1220c900c70daf3e715fad6f266ec14b1d0f5e6c2d3f34b32142f60306cb9b5e5f05",
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 9a92fda..172c05e 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const clap = @import("clap");
 const build_info = @import("build_info");
 const base64 = std.base64;
+const fastb64z = @import("fastb64z");
 const debug = std.debug;
 const io = std.io;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             const encoded = try encode(allocator, input.items);
             defer allocator.free(encoded);
 
-            try stdout.writer().print("{s}", .{encoded});
+            try stdout.writer().print("{s}\n", .{encoded});
 
             return;
         }
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ fn version() void {
 fn read_from_stream(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, stream: std.fs.File) !std.ArrayList(u8) {
     var input = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
 
-    var fifo = std.fifo.LinearFifo(u8, .{ .Static = 1024 }).init();
+    var fifo = std.fifo.LinearFifo(u8, .{ .Static = 8192 }).init();
 
     try fifo.pump(stream.reader(), input.writer());
     defer fifo.deinit();
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ fn read_from_stream(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, stream: std.fs.File) !std.Arra
 }
 
 fn encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
-    const encoder = std.base64.standard.Encoder;
+    const encoder = fastb64z.standard.Encoder;
     const encoded = try allocator.alloc(u8, encoder.calcSize(string.len));
 
     defer allocator.free(encoded);
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ fn encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
 }
 
 fn decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, b64string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
-    const decoder = std.base64.standard.Decoder;
+    const decoder = fastb64z.standard.Decoder;
     const decodeSize = decoder.calcSizeForSlice(b64string) catch |err| {
         return err;
     };