diff --git a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/network/client/TerminalState.java b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/network/client/TerminalState.java
index ff53903cd..15e3d364d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/network/client/TerminalState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/network/client/TerminalState.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private ByteBuf getCompressed()
         if( !compress ) return buffer;
         if( compressed != null ) return compressed;
 
-        ByteBuf compressed = Unpooled.directBuffer();
+        ByteBuf compressed = Unpooled.buffer();
         OutputStream stream = null;
         try
         {