diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 7c24aaf..fb7af99 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { BareHeaders, BareTransport, maxRedirects } from './baretypes';
-import { WorkerConnection, WorkerMessage, WorkerResponse } from './connection';
+import { BareHeaders, maxRedirects } from './baretypes';
+import { WorkerConnection, WorkerMessage } from './connection';
 import { WebSocketFields } from './snapshot';
 
 const validChars =
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ export function validProtocol(protocol: string): boolean {
 	return true;
 }
 
-// get the unhooked value
-const getRealReadyState = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
-	WebSocket.prototype,
-	'readyState'
-)!.get!;
-
 const wsProtocols = ['ws:', 'wss:'];
 const statusEmpty = [101, 204, 205, 304];
 const statusRedirect = [301, 302, 303, 307, 308];
@@ -238,7 +232,7 @@ export class BareClient {
 			}
 		};
 
-		const onclose = (code, reason) => {
+		const onclose = (code: number, reason: string) => {
 			fakeReadyState = WebSocketFields.CLOSED;
 			socket.dispatchEvent(new CloseEvent("close", { code, reason }));
 		};
diff --git a/src/connection.ts b/src/connection.ts
index efa71b9..b3fcc60 100644
--- a/src/connection.ts
+++ b/src/connection.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export type WorkerMessage = {
 		remote: string,
 		method: string,
 		headers: BareHeaders,
-		body: ReadableStream | undefined,
+		body: ReadableStream | ArrayBuffer | undefined,
 	}
 	websocket?: {
 		url: string,
@@ -96,6 +96,25 @@ function createPort(path: string, registerHandlers: boolean): MessagePort {
 	return worker.port;
 }
 
+let browserSupportsTransferringStreamsCache: boolean | null = null;
+export function browserSupportsTransferringStreams(): boolean {
+	if (browserSupportsTransferringStreamsCache === null) {
+		const chan = new MessageChannel();
+		const stream = new ReadableStream();
+		let res: boolean;
+		try {
+			chan.port1.postMessage(stream, [stream]);
+			res = true;
+		} catch(err) {
+			res = false;
+		}
+		browserSupportsTransferringStreamsCache = res;
+		return res;
+	} else {
+		return browserSupportsTransferringStreamsCache;
+	}
+}
+
 export class WorkerConnection {
 	channel: BroadcastChannel;
 	port: MessagePort | Promise<MessagePort>;
diff --git a/src/worker.ts b/src/worker.ts
index 70ddc31..566276f 100644
--- a/src/worker.ts
+++ b/src/worker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { BareTransport } from "./baretypes";
-import { BroadcastMessage, WorkerMessage, WorkerResponse } from "./connection"
+import { BroadcastMessage, WorkerMessage, WorkerResponse, browserSupportsTransferringStreams } from "./connection"
 
 let currentTransport: BareTransport | null = null;
 let currentTransportName: string = "";
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ function handleConnection(port: MessagePort) {
 					null
 				);
 
+				if (!browserSupportsTransferringStreams() && resp.body instanceof ReadableStream) {
+					const conversionResp = new Response(resp.body);
+					resp.body = await conversionResp.arrayBuffer();
+				}
+
 				if (resp.body instanceof ReadableStream || resp.body instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
 					port.postMessage(<WorkerResponse>{ type: "fetch", fetch: resp }, [resp.body]);
 				} else {