diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/FramedResponseStreamHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/FramedResponseStreamHandler.java
index f360ca756..534894a99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/FramedResponseStreamHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/FramedResponseStreamHandler.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public FramedResponseStreamHandler(ResultCallback<Frame> resultCallback) {
     @Override
     protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf msg) throws Exception {
 
-        rawBuffer.writeBytes(msg.copy(), 0, msg.readableBytes());
+        rawBuffer.writeBytes(msg, 0, msg.readableBytes());
 
         Frame frame = null;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/HttpResponseHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/HttpResponseHandler.java
index 571fa9be5..9986e10e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/HttpResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/HttpResponseHandler.java
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ public void close() {
     }
 
     private String getBodyAsMessage(ByteBuf body) {
-        return body.readBytes(body.readableBytes()).toString(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+        String result = body.readBytes(body.readableBytes()).toString(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+        body.discardReadBytes();
+        body.release();
+        return result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/JsonResponseCallbackHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/JsonResponseCallbackHandler.java
index b5f76ab73..db20d6216 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/JsonResponseCallbackHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/handler/JsonResponseCallbackHandler.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public JsonResponseCallbackHandler(TypeReference<T> typeReference, ResultCallbac
     protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf msg) throws Exception {
         byte[] buffer = new byte[msg.readableBytes()];
         msg.readBytes(buffer);
+        msg.discardReadBytes();
 
         T object = null;