diff --git a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/ExampleProject/Scenes/ExampleScene.unity b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/ExampleProject/Scenes/ExampleScene.unity
index b400963..1a93435 100644
--- a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/ExampleProject/Scenes/ExampleScene.unity
+++ b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/ExampleProject/Scenes/ExampleScene.unity
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   showThreadDebug: 1
   useRandomColorForUndefined: 1
   readInterval: 50
-  readBufferSize: 1024
+  readBufferSize: 256
   writeInterval: 50
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diff --git a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/IRC.cs b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/IRC.cs
index 1d95779..f4fd5e5 100644
--- a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/IRC.cs
+++ b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/IRC.cs
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ public partial class IRC : MonoBehaviour
 
         [Tooltip("The number of milliseconds between each time the read thread checks for new messages.")]
         [SerializeField] public int readInterval = 50;
-        [Tooltip("The capacity of the read buffer. Smaller values consume less memory but require more cycles to retrieve data.")]
-        [SerializeField] public int readBufferSize = 1024;
+        [Tooltip("The capacity of the read buffer. Smaller values consume less memory but require more cycles to retrieve data (CPU usage)")]
+        [SerializeField] public ReadBufferSize readBufferSize = ReadBufferSize._256;
 
         [Header("Chat write settings (write thread)")]
 
         [Tooltip("The number of milliseconds between each time the write thread checks its queues.")]
         public int writeInterval = 50;
 
-        
+
         // If the game is paused for a significant amount of time and then unpaused,
         // there could be a lot of data to handle, which could cause lag spikes.
         // To prevent this, we limit the amount of data handled per frame.
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public void SendChatMessage(string message)
         /// Join a new channel
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="channel">The channel to join</param>
-        public void JoinChannel(string channel) 
+        public void JoinChannel(string channel)
         {
             if (channel != "")
                 connection.SendCommand("JOIN #" + channel.ToLower(), true);
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public void JoinChannel(string channel)
         /// Leaves a channel
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="channel">The channel to leave</param>
-        public void LeaveChannel(string channel) 
+        public void LeaveChannel(string channel)
         {
             if (channel != "")
                 connection.SendCommand("PART #" + channel.ToLower(), true);
diff --git a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/TwitchConnection.cs b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/TwitchConnection.cs
index e3f7f00..e241869 100644
--- a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/TwitchConnection.cs
+++ b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/TwitchConnection.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public TwitchConnection(IRC irc)
             this.nick = irc.username;
             this.channel = irc.channel;
 
-            this.readBufferSize = irc.readBufferSize;
+            this.readBufferSize = (int)irc.readBufferSize; // Parse enum value
             this.readInterval = irc.readInterval;
             this.writeInterval = irc.writeInterval;
 
diff --git a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/Utils.cs b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/Utils.cs
index 80c5fe8..5aaa4a8 100644
--- a/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/Utils.cs
+++ b/Unity-Twitch-Chat/Assets/Package/Runtime/Utils.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ public enum IRCReply
         NO_CONNECTION = 499,
     }
 
+
+    public enum ReadBufferSize
+    {
+        _32 = 32,
+        _64 = 64,
+        _128 = 128,
+        _256 = 256,
+        _512 = 512,
+        _1024 = 1024,
+        _2048 = 2048,
+        _4096 = 4096,
+    }
+
     public static class Tags
     {
         public static string read = "<color=#00ff00><b>[IRC READ]</b></color>";