diff --git a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/service/CompressJudgements.kt b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/service/CompressJudgements.kt
index 2ffad37..a6dac70 100644
--- a/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/service/CompressJudgements.kt
+++ b/nise-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/nisemoe/nise/service/CompressJudgements.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import com.aayushatharva.brotli4j.decoder.Decoder
 import com.aayushatharva.brotli4j.encoder.Encoder
 import com.nisemoe.nise.integrations.CircleguardService
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import kotlin.math.round
 
-
 @Service
 class CompressJudgements {
 
@@ -19,25 +19,55 @@ class CompressJudgements {
         Brotli4jLoader.ensureAvailability()
     }
 
+    fun ByteBuffer.putVLQ(value: Int) {
+        var currentValue = value
+        do {
+            var temp = (currentValue and 0x7F)
+            currentValue = currentValue ushr 7
+            if (currentValue != 0) {
+                temp = temp or 0x80
+            }
+            this.put(temp.toByte())
+        } while (currentValue != 0)
+    }
+
+    fun ByteBuffer.getVLQ(): Int {
+        var result = 0
+        var shift = 0
+        var b: Byte
+        do {
+            b = this.get()
+            result = result or ((b.toInt() and 0x7F) shl shift)
+            shift += 7
+        } while (b.toInt() and 0x80 != 0)
+        return result
+    }
+
     fun serialize(judgements: List<CircleguardService.ScoreJudgement>): ByteArray {
-        val buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(judgements.size * (2 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2))
-        var lastTime = 0.0
+        val byteStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        var lastTimestamp = 0.0
 
         judgements.forEach { judgement ->
-            val deltaTime = (judgement.time - lastTime).toInt()
-            buffer.putShort(deltaTime.toShort())
+            byteStream.use { stream ->
+                /**
+                 * We allocate an arbitrary amount of buffer which *hopefully* is enough.
+                 */
+                ByteBuffer.allocate(4096).let { buffer ->
+                    buffer.putVLQ((judgement.time - lastTimestamp).toInt())
+                    buffer.putVLQ(round(judgement.x * 100).toInt())
+                    buffer.putVLQ(round(judgement.y * 100).toInt())
+                    buffer.put(judgement.type.ordinal.toByte())
+                    buffer.putVLQ((judgement.distance_center * 100).toInt())
+                    buffer.putVLQ((judgement.distance_edge * 100).toInt())
+                    buffer.putVLQ(judgement.error.toInt())
 
-            buffer.putInt((round(judgement.x * 1000)).toInt())
-            buffer.putInt((round(judgement.y * 1000)).toInt())
-
-            buffer.put(judgement.type.ordinal.toByte())
-            buffer.putShort((judgement.distance_center * 100).toInt().toShort())
-            buffer.putShort((judgement.distance_edge * 100).toInt().toShort())
-            buffer.putShort(judgement.error.toInt().toShort())
-
-            lastTime = judgement.time
+                    lastTimestamp = judgement.time
+                    stream.write(buffer.array(), 0, buffer.position())
+                }
+            }
         }
-        return Encoder.compress(buffer.array(), brotliParameters)
+
+        return Encoder.compress(byteStream.toByteArray(), brotliParameters)
     }
 
     fun deserialize(compressedData: ByteArray): List<CircleguardService.ScoreJudgement> {
@@ -47,28 +77,18 @@ class CompressJudgements {
         var lastTime = 0.0
 
         while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
-            val deltaTime = buffer.short.toInt()
+            val deltaTime = buffer.getVLQ()
             lastTime += deltaTime
 
-            val deltaX = buffer.getInt()
-            val deltaY = buffer.getInt()
-
-            val typeOrdinal = buffer.get().toInt()
-            val type = CircleguardService.JudgementType.entries[typeOrdinal]
-
-            val distanceCenter = buffer.short.toInt() / 100.0
-            val distanceEdge = buffer.short.toInt() / 100.0
-            val error = buffer.short.toInt()
-
             judgements.add(
                 CircleguardService.ScoreJudgement(
                     time = lastTime,
-                    x = deltaX / 1000.0,
-                    y = deltaY / 1000.0,
-                    type = type,
-                    distance_center = distanceCenter,
-                    distance_edge = distanceEdge,
-                    error = error.toDouble()
+                    x = buffer.getVLQ() / 100.0,
+                    y = buffer.getVLQ() / 100.0,
+                    type = CircleguardService.JudgementType.entries[buffer.get().toInt()],
+                    distance_center = buffer.getVLQ() / 100.0,
+                    distance_edge = buffer.getVLQ() / 100.0,
+                    error = buffer.getVLQ().toDouble()
                 ))
         }