diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46422e3..0fcb3c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ nbproject
 composer.lock
 composer.phar
 vendor
+/.idea
diff --git a/src/FuseSource/Stomp/Stomp.php b/src/FuseSource/Stomp/Stomp.php
index 29491e7..2759981 100755
--- a/src/FuseSource/Stomp/Stomp.php
+++ b/src/FuseSource/Stomp/Stomp.php
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public function subscribe ($destination, $properties = null, $sync = null)
         } else if ($this->brokerVendor == 'RMQ') {
             $headers['prefetch-count'] = $this->prefetchSize;
         }
-		
+
         if ($this->clientId != null) {
             if ($this->brokerVendor == 'AMQ') {
                 $headers['activemq.subscriptionName'] = $this->clientId;
@@ -558,12 +558,11 @@ public function readFrame ()
             return false;
         }
 
-        $rb = 1024;
         $data = '';
         $end = false;
 
         do {
-            $read = fgets($this->_socket, $rb);
+            $read = fgetc($this->_socket);
             if ($read === false || $read === "") {
                 $this->_reconnect();
                 return $this->readFrame();