diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index bc36c7ff..6d330f7b 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [11.0.1] - 2020-11-11
+
+(socket) replace a std::vector with an std::array used as a tmp buffer in Socket::readBytes
+
 ## [11.0.0] - 2020-11-11
 
 (openssl security fix) in the client to server connection, peer verification is not done in all cases. See https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/pull/250
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
index 46fc1018..bccfe7d9 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "IXSelectInterruptFactory.h"
 #include "IXSocketConnect.h"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <vector>
 
 #ifdef min
 #undef min
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@ namespace ix
 {
     const int Socket::kDefaultPollNoTimeout = -1; // No poll timeout by default
     const int Socket::kDefaultPollTimeout = kDefaultPollNoTimeout;
-    constexpr size_t Socket::kChunkSize;
 
     Socket::Socket(int fd)
         : _sockfd(fd)
@@ -364,10 +365,7 @@ namespace ix
         const OnProgressCallback& onProgressCallback,
         const CancellationRequest& isCancellationRequested)
     {
-        if (_readBuffer.empty())
-        {
-            _readBuffer.resize(kChunkSize);
-        }
+        std::array<uint8_t, 1 << 14> readBuffer;
 
         std::vector<uint8_t> output;
         while (output.size() != length)
@@ -378,12 +376,12 @@ namespace ix
                 return std::make_pair(false, errorMsg);
             }
 
-            size_t size = std::min(kChunkSize, length - output.size());
-            ssize_t ret = recv((char*) &_readBuffer[0], size);
+            size_t size = std::min(readBuffer.size(), length - output.size());
+            ssize_t ret = recv((char*) &readBuffer[0], size);
 
             if (ret > 0)
             {
-                output.insert(output.end(), _readBuffer.begin(), _readBuffer.begin() + ret);
+                output.insert(output.end(), readBuffer.begin(), readBuffer.begin() + ret);
             }
             else if (ret <= 0 && !Socket::isWaitNeeded())
             {
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
index e27e2752..4538d63b 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
-#include <vector>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <BaseTsd.h>
@@ -102,10 +101,6 @@ namespace ix
         static const int kDefaultPollTimeout;
         static const int kDefaultPollNoTimeout;
 
-        // Buffer for reading from our socket. That buffer is never resized.
-        std::vector<uint8_t> _readBuffer;
-        static constexpr size_t kChunkSize = 1 << 15;
-
         SelectInterruptPtr _selectInterrupt;
     };
 } // namespace ix
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 3ad641aa..431fcd06 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "11.0.0"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "11.0.1"