diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttConnectionContext.cs b/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttConnectionContext.cs
index d798be8..d3e583f 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttConnectionContext.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttConnectionContext.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
             PacketFormatterAdapter = packetFormatterAdapter ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(packetFormatterAdapter));
             Connection = connection ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(connection));
         }
+        private PipeReader _input;
+        private PipeWriter _output;
 
         public string Endpoint => Connection.ConnectionId;
         public bool IsSecureConnection => false; // TODO: Fix detection (WS vs. WSS).
@@ -33,20 +35,21 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
         
         private readonly SemaphoreSlim _writerSemaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
 
-        public Task ConnectAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public async Task ConnectAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (Connection is TcpConnection tcp && !tcp.IsConnected)
             {
-                return tcp.StartAsync();
+                await tcp.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
+            _input = Connection.Transport.Input;
+            _output = Connection.Transport.Output;
         }
 
         public Task DisconnectAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            Connection.Transport.Input.Complete();
-            Connection.Transport.Output.Complete();
+            _input?.Complete();
+            _output?.Complete();
 
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
@@ -54,7 +57,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
         public async Task<MqttBasePacket> ReceivePacketAsync(TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var input = Connection.Transport.Input;
-            var reader = new SpanBasedMqttPacketBodyReader();
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/SpanBasedMqttPacketBodyReader.cs b/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/SpanBasedMqttPacketBodyReader.cs
index 01ccb3a..9e16dac 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/SpanBasedMqttPacketBodyReader.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/SpanBasedMqttPacketBodyReader.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
 
         public byte[] ReadRemainingData()
         {
-            return _buffer.ToArray();
+            return _buffer.Slice(_offset).ToArray();
         }
 
         public ushort ReadUInt16()
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
             return ReadSegmentWithLengthPrefix().ToArray();
         }
 
-        private ReadOnlyMemory<byte> ReadSegmentWithLengthPrefix()
+        private ReadOnlySpan<byte> ReadSegmentWithLengthPrefix()
         {
             var length = ReadUInt16();
 
             ValidateReceiveBuffer(length);
 
-            var result = _buffer.Slice(_offset, length);
+            var result = _buffer.Slice(_offset, length).Span;
             _offset += length;
             return result;
         }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
         public unsafe string ReadStringWithLengthPrefix()
         {
             var buffer = ReadSegmentWithLengthPrefix();
-            fixed (byte* bytes = &buffer.Span.GetPinnableReference())
+            fixed (byte* bytes = &buffer.GetPinnableReference())
             {
                 var result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, buffer.Length);
                 return result;