diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/Protocol/NatsParser.cs b/src/NATS.Server/Protocol/NatsParser.cs
index 85063fc..eb23958 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/Protocol/NatsParser.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/Protocol/NatsParser.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public readonly struct ParsedCommand
 
 public sealed class NatsParser
 {
-    private static readonly byte[] CrLfBytes = "\r\n"u8.ToArray();
+    private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> CrLfBytes => "\r\n"u8;
     private ILogger? _logger;
     public ILogger? Logger { set => _logger = value; }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public sealed class NatsParser
 
         // Look for \r\n to find control line
         var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(buffer);
-        if (!reader.TryReadTo(out ReadOnlySequence<byte> line, CrLfBytes.AsSpan()))
+        if (!reader.TryReadTo(out ReadOnlySequence<byte> line, CrLfBytes))
             return false;
 
         // Control line size check
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public sealed class NatsParser
             case (byte)'c':
                 if (b1 == (byte)'o') // CONNECT
                 {
-                    command = ParseConnect(lineSpan);
+                    command = ParseConnect(line);
                     buffer = buffer.Slice(reader.Position);
                     TraceInOp("CONNECT");
                     return true;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public sealed class NatsParser
             case (byte)'i':
                 if (b1 == (byte)'n') // INFO
                 {
-                    command = ParseInfo(lineSpan);
+                    command = ParseInfo(line);
                     buffer = buffer.Slice(reader.Position);
                     TraceInOp("INFO");
                     return true;
@@ -430,36 +430,34 @@ public sealed class NatsParser
         };
     }
 
-    private static ParsedCommandView ParseConnect(Span<byte> line)
+    private static ParsedCommandView ParseConnect(ReadOnlySequence<byte> line)
     {
-        // CONNECT {json} -- find first space after command
-        int spaceIdx = line.IndexOf((byte)' ');
-        if (spaceIdx < 0)
+        var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(line);
+        if (!reader.TryAdvanceTo((byte)' ', advancePastDelimiter: true))
             throw new ProtocolViolationException("Invalid CONNECT");
 
-        var json = line[(spaceIdx + 1)..];
+        var json = line.Slice(reader.Position);
         return new ParsedCommandView
         {
             Type = CommandType.Connect,
             Operation = "CONNECT",
-            Payload = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(json.ToArray()),
+            Payload = json,
             MaxMessages = -1,
         };
     }
 
-    private static ParsedCommandView ParseInfo(Span<byte> line)
+    private static ParsedCommandView ParseInfo(ReadOnlySequence<byte> line)
     {
-        // INFO {json} -- find first space after command
-        int spaceIdx = line.IndexOf((byte)' ');
-        if (spaceIdx < 0)
+        var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(line);
+        if (!reader.TryAdvanceTo((byte)' ', advancePastDelimiter: true))
             throw new ProtocolViolationException("Invalid INFO");
 
-        var json = line[(spaceIdx + 1)..];
+        var json = line.Slice(reader.Position);
         return new ParsedCommandView
         {
             Type = CommandType.Info,
             Operation = "INFO",
-            Payload = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(json.ToArray()),
+            Payload = json,
             MaxMessages = -1,
         };
     }