diff --git a/bittorrent/peer.go b/bittorrent/peer.go
index 751fb21..8d0b323 100644
--- a/bittorrent/peer.go
+++ b/bittorrent/peer.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
-	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/str2bytes"
 )
 
 // PeerIDLen is length of peer id field in bytes
@@ -23,17 +23,23 @@ type PeerID [PeerIDLen]byte
 // ErrInvalidPeerIDSize holds error about invalid PeerID size
 var ErrInvalidPeerIDSize = fmt.Errorf("peer ID must be %d bytes", PeerIDLen)
 
+var zeroPeerID PeerID
+
 // NewPeerID creates a PeerID from a byte slice.
 //
 // It panics if b is not 20 bytes long.
 func NewPeerID(b []byte) (PeerID, error) {
-	var p PeerID
 	if len(b) != PeerIDLen {
-		return p, ErrInvalidPeerIDSize
+		return zeroPeerID, ErrInvalidPeerIDSize
 	}
 	return PeerID(b), nil
 }
 
+// Bytes returns slice of bytes represents this PeerID
+func (p PeerID) Bytes() []byte {
+	return p[:]
+}
+
 // String implements fmt.Stringer, returning the base16 encoded PeerID.
 func (p PeerID) String() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(p.Bytes())
@@ -41,12 +47,7 @@ func (p PeerID) String() string {
 
 // RawString returns a 20-byte string of the raw bytes of the ID.
 func (p PeerID) RawString() string {
-	return unsafe.String(&p[0], PeerIDLen)
-}
-
-// Bytes returns slice of bytes represents this PeerID
-func (p PeerID) Bytes() []byte {
-	return p[:]
+	return str2bytes.BytesToString(p.Bytes())
 }
 
 // InfoHash represents an infohash.
@@ -62,16 +63,6 @@ const (
 // ErrInvalidHashSize holds error about invalid InfoHash size
 var ErrInvalidHashSize = fmt.Errorf("info hash must be either %d (for torrent V1) or %d (V2) bytes or same sizes x2 (if HEX encoded)", InfoHashV1Len, InfoHashV2Len)
 
-// TruncateV1 returns truncated to 20-bytes length array of the corresponding InfoHash.
-// If InfoHash is V2 (32 bytes), it will be truncated to 20 bytes
-// according to BEP52.
-func (i InfoHash) TruncateV1() InfoHash {
-	if len(i) == InfoHashV2Len {
-		return i[:InfoHashV1Len]
-	}
-	return i
-}
-
 // NewInfoHash creates an InfoHash from raw/hex byte slice.
 func NewInfoHash(data []byte) (InfoHash, error) {
 	var ih InfoHash
@@ -83,7 +74,7 @@ func NewInfoHash(data []byte) (InfoHash, error) {
 		if _, err := hex.Decode(bb, data); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-		ih = InfoHash(unsafe.String(&bb[0], len(bb)))
+		ih = InfoHash(str2bytes.BytesToString(bb))
 	default:
 		return "", ErrInvalidHashSize
 	}
@@ -92,7 +83,22 @@ func NewInfoHash(data []byte) (InfoHash, error) {
 
 // NewInfoHashString creates an InfoHash from raw/hex string.
 func NewInfoHashString(data string) (InfoHash, error) {
-	return NewInfoHash(unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(data), len(data)))
+	return NewInfoHash(str2bytes.StringToBytes(data))
+}
+
+// TruncateV1 returns truncated to 20-bytes length array of the corresponding InfoHash.
+// If InfoHash is V2 (32 bytes), it will be truncated to 20 bytes
+// according to BEP52.
+func (i InfoHash) TruncateV1() InfoHash {
+	if len(i) == InfoHashV2Len {
+		return i[:InfoHashV1Len]
+	}
+	return i
+}
+
+// Bytes returns slice of bytes represents this InfoHash
+func (i InfoHash) Bytes() []byte {
+	return str2bytes.StringToBytes(string(i))
 }
 
 // String implements fmt.Stringer, returning the base16 encoded InfoHash.
@@ -105,11 +111,6 @@ func (i InfoHash) RawString() string {
 	return string(i)
 }
 
-// Bytes returns slice of bytes represents this InfoHash
-func (i InfoHash) Bytes() []byte {
-	return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(string(i)), len(i))
-}
-
 // Peer represents the connection details of a peer that is returned in an
 // announce response.
 type Peer struct {
diff --git a/cmd/mochi/server_test.go b/cmd/mochi/server_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5af270b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mochi/server_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	cr "crypto/rand"
+
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/bittorrent"
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/frontend"
+	hf "github.com/sot-tech/mochi/frontend/http"
+	l "github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/str2bytes"
+)
+
+const (
+	connectUDPPacketSize  = 16
+	announceUDPPacketSize = 98
+	announceNumWant       = 10
+
+	timeout = time.Second * 2
+)
+
+var (
+	udpConnectHeader       = []byte{0x0, 0x0, 0x4, 0x17, 0x27, 0x10, 0x19, 0x80}
+	errUDPSendTruncated    = errors.New("data not fully sent")
+	errUDPRecvTruncated    = errors.New("data not fully received")
+	errUDPUnexpectedAction = errors.New("unexpected action")
+	errTxIDMissmatch       = errors.New("transaction ID missmatch")
+	hashes                 = make([][]byte, 100)
+	peers                  = make([][]byte, 100)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	_ = l.ConfigureLogger("", "error", false, false)
+	for i := range hashes {
+		bb := make([]byte, bittorrent.InfoHashV1Len)
+		if _, err := cr.Read(bb); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		hashes[i] = bb
+	}
+
+	for i := range peers {
+		bb := make([]byte, bittorrent.PeerIDLen)
+		if _, err := cr.Read(bb); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		peers[i] = bb
+	}
+}
+
+func buildUDPConnReq() []byte {
+	req := make([]byte, connectUDPPacketSize)
+	copy(req, udpConnectHeader)
+
+	// TxID
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(req[12:16], rand.Uint32())
+	return req
+}
+
+func sendUDPConnReq(addr string) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
+	req := buildUDPConnReq()
+
+	conn, err := net.Dial("udp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	_ = conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeout))
+
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	n, err := conn.Write(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if n != len(req) {
+		return nil, nil, errUDPSendTruncated
+	}
+
+	resp := make([]byte, 16)
+	n, err = conn.Read(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if n != len(resp) {
+		return nil, nil, errUDPRecvTruncated
+	}
+
+	action := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp[:4])
+	if action != 0 {
+		return nil, nil, errUDPUnexpectedAction
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(resp[4:8], req[12:16]) {
+		return nil, nil, errTxIDMissmatch
+	}
+
+	// TxID, ConnectionID
+	return resp[4:8], resp[8:16], nil
+}
+
+func buildAnnounceUDPReq(txID, connID []byte) []byte {
+	req := make([]byte, announceUDPPacketSize)
+
+	// Connection ID
+	copy(req[:8], connID)
+
+	// Action
+	req[11] = 1
+
+	// TxID
+	copy(req[12:16], txID)
+
+	// InfoHash
+	copy(req[16:36], hashes[rand.Intn(len(hashes))])
+
+	// PeerID
+	copy(req[36:56], peers[rand.Intn(len(peers))])
+
+	var down, left uint64
+	if rand.Intn(2) == 0 {
+		down, left = 1, 0
+	} else {
+		down, left = 0, 1
+	}
+	// Downloaded
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(req[56:64], down)
+	// Left
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(req[64:72], left)
+
+	// Event
+	req[83] = 1
+
+	// Numwant
+	req[92], req[95] = byte(announceNumWant>>24), byte(announceNumWant>>16)
+
+	// Port
+	p := rand.Intn(math.MaxInt16) + 1
+	req[96], req[97] = byte(p>>8), byte(p)
+	return req
+}
+
+func BenchmarkServerUDPAnnounce(b *testing.B) {
+	var s Server
+	if err := s.Run(QuickConfig); err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer s.Shutdown()
+
+	addr := "127.0.0.1" + frontend.DefaultListenAddress
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			txID, connID, err := sendUDPConnReq(addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Log(err)
+				return
+			}
+			req := buildAnnounceUDPReq(txID, connID)
+
+			conn, err := net.Dial("udp", addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Log(err)
+				return
+			}
+			_ = conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeout))
+			n, err := conn.Write(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				_ = conn.Close()
+				b.Log(err)
+				return
+			}
+			if n != announceUDPPacketSize {
+				_ = conn.Close()
+				b.Logf("packet not fully sent, %d bytes instead of %d", n, announceUDPPacketSize)
+				return
+			}
+			resp := make([]byte, 1024)
+			n, err = conn.Read(resp)
+			_ = conn.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Log(err)
+				return
+			}
+			if n < 20 {
+				b.Logf("packet not fully received, only %d bytes", n)
+				return
+			}
+			action := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(resp[:4])
+			if action != 1 {
+				if action == 3 {
+					errVal := string(resp[8:n])
+					b.Logf("tracker error: %s", errVal)
+				} else {
+					b.Logf("unexpected action: %d", action)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			if !bytes.Equal(resp[4:8], req[12:16]) {
+				b.Log("transaction ID missmatch")
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func sendHTTPReq(u string) (err error) {
+	var r *http.Response
+	// nolint:gosec
+	if r, err = http.Get(u); err == nil {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+		if r.StatusCode < 400 {
+			var out []byte
+			if out, err = io.ReadAll(r.Body); err == nil {
+				sout := string(out)
+				if strings.Contains(sout, "failure reason") {
+					return errors.New(sout)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			return errors.New(r.Status)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func BenchmarkServerHTTPAnnounce(b *testing.B) {
+	var s Server
+	if err := s.Run(QuickConfig); err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer s.Shutdown()
+
+	reqs := make([]string, len(hashes)*len(peers))
+	addr := "127.0.0.1" + frontend.DefaultListenAddress
+	for i := range reqs {
+		var down, left string
+		if rand.Intn(2) == 0 {
+			down, left = "1", "0"
+		} else {
+			down, left = "0", "1"
+		}
+		u := url.URL{
+			Scheme: "http",
+			Host:   addr,
+			Path:   hf.DefaultAnnounceRoute,
+			RawQuery: url.Values{
+				"event":      []string{bittorrent.StartedStr},
+				"compact":    []string{"1"},
+				"left":       []string{left},
+				"downloaded": []string{down},
+				"uploaded":   []string{"0"},
+				"numwant":    []string{"1"},
+				"port":       []string{strconv.FormatInt(int64(rand.Intn(math.MaxInt16)+1), 10)},
+				"info_hash":  []string{str2bytes.BytesToString(hashes[rand.Intn(len(hashes))])},
+				"peer_id":    []string{str2bytes.BytesToString(peers[rand.Intn(len(peers))])},
+			}.Encode(),
+		}
+		reqs[i] = u.String()
+	}
+
+	var cnt atomic.Uint32
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			if err := sendHTTPReq(reqs[int(cnt.Add(1))%len(reqs)]); err != nil {
+				b.Log(err)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/frontend/http/frontend.go b/frontend/http/frontend.go
index 13df09d..58a113c 100644
--- a/frontend/http/frontend.go
+++ b/frontend/http/frontend.go
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	defaultReadTimeout   = 2 * time.Second
-	defaultWriteTimeout  = 2 * time.Second
-	defaultIdleTimeout   = 30 * time.Second
-	defaultAnnounceRoute = "/announce"
-	defaultScrapeRoute   = "/scrape"
+	defaultReadTimeout  = 2 * time.Second
+	defaultWriteTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+	defaultIdleTimeout  = 30 * time.Second
+	// DefaultAnnounceRoute is the default url path to listen announce
+	// requests if nothing else provided
+	DefaultAnnounceRoute = "/announce"
+	// DefaultScrapeRoute is the default url path to listen scrape
+	// requests if nothing else provided
+	DefaultScrapeRoute = "/scrape"
 )
 
 // Validate sanity checks values set in a config and returns a new config with
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ func (cfg Config) Validate() (validCfg Config, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(cfg.AnnounceRoutes) == 0 {
-		validCfg.AnnounceRoutes = []string{defaultAnnounceRoute}
+		validCfg.AnnounceRoutes = []string{DefaultAnnounceRoute}
 		logger.Warn().
 			Str("name", "AnnounceRoutes").
 			Strs("provided", cfg.AnnounceRoutes).
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ func (cfg Config) Validate() (validCfg Config, err error) {
 			Msg("falling back to default configuration")
 	}
 	if len(cfg.ScrapeRoutes) == 0 {
-		validCfg.ScrapeRoutes = []string{defaultScrapeRoute}
+		validCfg.ScrapeRoutes = []string{DefaultScrapeRoute}
 		logger.Warn().
 			Str("name", "ScrapeRoutes").
 			Strs("provided", cfg.ScrapeRoutes).
@@ -211,7 +215,10 @@ func runServer(s *fasthttp.Server, cfg *Config) {
 			err = s.ServeTLS(ln, "", "")
 		}
 	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+	defer ln.Close()
+	if err == nil {
+		logger.Info().Msg("server stopped")
+	} else if !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
 		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("server failed")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/frontend/http/frontend_test.go b/frontend/http/frontend_test.go
index 1df4904..f47271b 100644
--- a/frontend/http/frontend_test.go
+++ b/frontend/http/frontend_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func BenchmarkAnnounce(b *testing.B) {
 		u := url.URL{
 			Scheme: "http",
 			Host:   addr,
-			Path:   defaultAnnounceRoute,
+			Path:   DefaultAnnounceRoute,
 			RawQuery: url.Values{
 				"event":      []string{bittorrent.StartedStr},
 				"compact":    []string{"1"},
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func BenchmarkScrape(b *testing.B) {
 		u := url.URL{
 			Scheme:   "http",
 			Host:     addr,
-			Path:     defaultScrapeRoute,
+			Path:     DefaultScrapeRoute,
 			RawQuery: url.Values{"info_hash": hashes[:len(hashes)/2]}.Encode(),
 		}
 		if err := runGet(u.String(), true); err != nil {
diff --git a/frontend/http/writer.go b/frontend/http/writer.go
index b384703..28c5610 100644
--- a/frontend/http/writer.go
+++ b/frontend/http/writer.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func dictAddress(bb *bytes.Buffer, peer bittorrent.Peer, includePeerID bool) {
 	bb.WriteString(addr)
 	if includePeerID {
 		bb.WriteString("7:peer id20:")
-		bb.Write(peer.ID[:])
+		bb.Write(peer.ID.Bytes())
 	}
 	bb.WriteString("4:porti")
 	bb.Write(fasthttp.AppendUint(nil, int(peer.Port())))
diff --git a/frontend/options.go b/frontend/options.go
index 61fc631..ba315c7 100644
--- a/frontend/options.go
+++ b/frontend/options.go
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport"
 )
 
-const defaultListenAddress = ":6969"
+// DefaultListenAddress is the default net listen address
+// if nothing else provided
+const DefaultListenAddress = ":6969"
 
 var errUnexpectedListenerType = errors.New("unexpected listener type")
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ type ListenOptions struct {
 func (lo ListenOptions) Validate(logger *log.Logger) (validOptions ListenOptions) {
 	validOptions = lo
 	if len(lo.Addr) == 0 {
-		validOptions.Addr = defaultListenAddress
+		validOptions.Addr = DefaultListenAddress
 		logger.Warn().
 			Str("name", "Addr").
 			Str("provided", lo.Addr).
diff --git a/frontend/udp/frontend.go b/frontend/udp/frontend.go
index de6f4fa..cb229b8 100644
--- a/frontend/udp/frontend.go
+++ b/frontend/udp/frontend.go
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ func (cfg Config) Validate() (validCfg Config) {
 	validCfg.ListenOptions = cfg.ListenOptions.Validate(logger)
 
 	if cfg.Workers == 0 {
-		cfg.Workers = 1
+		validCfg.Workers = 1
 	}
-	if cfg.Workers > 1 && !cfg.ReusePort {
-		cfg.ReusePort = true
+	if validCfg.Workers > 1 && !validCfg.ReusePort {
+		validCfg.ReusePort = true
 		logger.Warn().Msg("forcibly enabling ReusePort because Workers > 1")
 	}
 
diff --git a/middleware/clientapproval/client_id.go b/middleware/clientapproval/client_id.go
index 601bc6a..685bf67 100644
--- a/middleware/clientapproval/client_id.go
+++ b/middleware/clientapproval/client_id.go
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 // - https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-peerid/blob/master/lib/utils.js
 package clientapproval
 
-import "github.com/sot-tech/mochi/bittorrent"
+import (
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/bittorrent"
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/str2bytes"
+)
 
 // ClientID represents the part of a PeerID that identifies a Peer's client
 // software.
@@ -23,5 +26,5 @@ func NewClientID(pid bittorrent.PeerID) ClientID {
 }
 
 func (cid ClientID) String() string {
-	return string(cid[:])
+	return str2bytes.BytesToString(cid[:])
 }
diff --git a/pkg/str2bytes/str2bytes.go b/pkg/str2bytes/str2bytes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1309c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/str2bytes/str2bytes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Package str2bytes provides fast, but unsafe functions to convert string to []byte
+// or vice versa.
+package str2bytes
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// StringToBytes converts string to slice of bytes
+// without allocation. Note, that returned slice
+// must NOT be modified, since strings in Go are
+// immutable.
+// See unsafe.Slice.
+func StringToBytes(s string) []byte {
+	return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s))
+}
+
+// BytesToString converts slice of bytes to string
+// without allocation.
+// See unsafe.String
+func BytesToString(b []byte) string {
+	return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b))
+}
diff --git a/storage/keydb/storage.go b/storage/keydb/storage.go
index ba5c1ea..4ab2fac 100644
--- a/storage/keydb/storage.go
+++ b/storage/keydb/storage.go
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ func (s *store) GraduateLeecher(ctx context.Context, ih bittorrent.InfoHash, pee
 	ihLeecherKey := r.InfoHashKey(infoHash, false, peer.Addr().Is6())
 	var moved bool
 	if moved, err = s.SMove(ctx, ihLeecherKey, ihSeederKey, peerID).Result(); err == nil {
-		if moved {
-			err = s.Process(ctx, redis.NewCmd(ctx, expireMemberCmd, ihSeederKey, peerID, s.peerTTL))
-		} else {
-			err = s.addPeer(ctx, ihSeederKey, peerID)
+		if !moved {
+			err = s.SAdd(ctx, ihSeederKey, peerID).Err()
 		}
-		if err == nil {
-			err = s.HIncrBy(ctx, r.CountDownloadsKey, infoHash, 1).Err()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err = s.Process(ctx, redis.NewCmd(ctx, expireMemberCmd, ihSeederKey, peerID, s.peerTTL)); err == nil {
+				err = s.HIncrBy(ctx, r.CountDownloadsKey, infoHash, 1).Err()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/storage/pg/storage.go b/storage/pg/storage.go
index 554c2af..b7873b0 100644
--- a/storage/pg/storage.go
+++ b/storage/pg/storage.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (s *store) putPeer(ctx context.Context, ih []byte, peer bittorrent.Peer, se
 		Msg("put peer")
 	_, err = s.Exec(ctx, s.Peer.AddQuery, pgx.NamedArgs{
 		pInfoHash: ih,
-		pPeerID:   peer.ID[:],
+		pPeerID:   peer.ID.Bytes(),
 		pAddress:  net.IP(peer.Addr().AsSlice()),
 		pPort:     peer.Port(),
 		pSeeder:   seeder,
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func (s *store) delPeer(ctx context.Context, ih []byte, peer bittorrent.Peer, se
 		Msg("del peer")
 	_, err = s.Exec(ctx, s.Peer.DelQuery, pgx.NamedArgs{
 		pInfoHash: ih,
-		pPeerID:   peer.ID[:],
+		pPeerID:   peer.ID.Bytes(),
 		pAddress:  net.IP(peer.Addr().AsSlice()),
 		pPort:     peer.Port(),
 		pSeeder:   seeder,
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func (s *store) GraduateLeecher(ctx context.Context, ih bittorrent.InfoHash, pee
 	ihb := ih.Bytes()
 	batch.Queue(s.Peer.GraduateQuery, pgx.NamedArgs{
 		pInfoHash: ihb,
-		pPeerID:   peer.ID[:],
+		pPeerID:   peer.ID.Bytes(),
 		pAddress:  net.IP(peer.Addr().AsSlice()),
 		pPort:     peer.Port(),
 	})
diff --git a/storage/redis/storage.go b/storage/redis/storage.go
index 64f12fc..1c94ed9 100644
--- a/storage/redis/storage.go
+++ b/storage/redis/storage.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/str2bytes"
 
 	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/bittorrent"
 	"github.com/sot-tech/mochi/pkg/conf"
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func PackPeer(p bittorrent.Peer) string {
 	copy(b[:bittorrent.PeerIDLen], p.ID.Bytes())
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(b[bittorrent.PeerIDLen:bittorrent.PeerIDLen+2], p.Port())
 	copy(b[bittorrent.PeerIDLen+2:], ip.AsSlice())
-	return unsafe.String(&b[0], len(b))
+	return str2bytes.BytesToString(b)
 }
 
 func (ps *store) PutSeeder(ctx context.Context, ih bittorrent.InfoHash, peer bittorrent.Peer) error {
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func UnpackPeer(data string) (bittorrent.Peer, error) {
 	if len(data) < peerMinimumLen {
 		return peer, errInvalidPeerDataSize
 	}
-	b := unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(data), len(data))
+	b := str2bytes.StringToBytes(data)
 	peerID, err := bittorrent.NewPeerID(b[:bittorrent.PeerIDLen])
 	if err == nil {
 		if addr, isOk := netip.AddrFromSlice(b[bittorrent.PeerIDLen+2:]); isOk {
diff --git a/storage/test/storage_bench.go b/storage/test/storage_bench.go
index 20bdfe1..3d0496a 100644
--- a/storage/test/storage_bench.go
+++ b/storage/test/storage_bench.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ihCount    = 1000
-	peersCount = 1000
+	ihCount    = 100
+	peersCount = 100
 )
 
 type benchData struct {