diff --git a/tracer.go b/tracer.go
index dbef80a..3893cb3 100644
--- a/tracer.go
+++ b/tracer.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package pubsub
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -173,7 +172,10 @@ func (t *RemoteTracer) doWrite() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	w := ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(s)
+	var batch pb.TraceEventBatch
+
+	gzipW := gzip.NewWriter(s)
+	w := ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(gzipW)
 
 	for {
 		_, ok := <-t.ch
@@ -196,53 +198,36 @@ func (t *RemoteTracer) doWrite() {
 			goto end
 		}
 
-		{
-			batch := &pb.TraceEventBatch{Batch: buf}
-			blob, err := batch.Marshal()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("error marshalling trace event batch: %s", err.Error())
-				goto end
-			}
+		batch.Batch = buf
 
-			// compress batch
-			var cbuf bytes.Buffer
-			gzipW := gzip.NewWriter(&cbuf)
-			_, err = gzipW.Write(blob)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("error compressing trace event batch: %s", err.Error())
-				goto end
-			}
-			err = gzipW.Close()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("error compressing trace event batch: %s", err.Error())
-				goto end
-			}
+		err = w.WriteMsg(&batch)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("error writing trace event batch: %s", err)
+			goto end
+		}
 
-			cblob := cbuf.Bytes()
-			cbatch := &pb.CompressedTraceEventBatch{Data: cblob}
-			err = w.WriteMsg(cbatch)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("error writing trace event data: %s", err.Error())
-				if !ok {
-					goto end
-				}
-
-				// reset output
-				s.Reset()
-				s, err = t.openStream()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Errorf("error opening remote tracer stream: %s", err.Error())
-					return
-				}
-				w = ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(s)
-			}
+		err = gzipW.Flush()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("error flushin gzip stream: %s", err)
+			goto end
 		}
 
 	end:
 		if !ok {
+			gzipW.Close()
 			helpers.FullClose(s)
 			return
 		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			s, err = t.openStream()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("error opening remote tracer stream: %s", err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+
+			gzipW.Reset(s)
+		}
 	}
 }