diff --git a/utilities/ivfreader/ivfreader.go b/utilities/ivfreader/ivfreader.go
index 5f0f809..fb34376 100644
--- a/utilities/ivfreader/ivfreader.go
+++ b/utilities/ivfreader/ivfreader.go
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ func (i *IVFReader) ResetReader(reset func(bytesRead int64) io.Reader) {
 // and an error if there is incomplete frame data.
 // Returns all nil values when no more frames are available.
 func (i *IVFReader) ParseNextFrame() ([]byte, *IVFFrameHeader, error) {
-	buffer := make([]byte, ivfFrameHeaderSize)
+	var buffer [ivfFrameHeaderSize]byte
 	var header *IVFFrameHeader
 
-	bytesRead, err := io.ReadFull(i.stream, buffer)
+	bytesRead, err := io.ReadFull(i.stream, buffer[:])
 	headerBytesRead := bytesRead
 	if errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
 		return nil, nil, errIncompleteFrameHeader
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ func (i *IVFReader) ParseNextFrame() ([]byte, *IVFFrameHeader, error) {
 // parseFileHeader reads 32 bytes from stream and returns
 // IVF file header. This is always called before ParseNextFrame()
 func (i *IVFReader) parseFileHeader() (*IVFFileHeader, error) {
-	buffer := make([]byte, ivfFileHeaderSize)
+	var buffer [ivfFileHeaderSize]byte
 
-	bytesRead, err := io.ReadFull(i.stream, buffer)
+	bytesRead, err := io.ReadFull(i.stream, buffer[:])
 	if errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
 		return nil, errIncompleteFileHeader
 	} else if err != nil {