diff --git a/fastcgi/client.go b/fastcgi/client.go
index 128235f..1108d85 100644
--- a/fastcgi/client.go
+++ b/fastcgi/client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -53,41 +54,83 @@ func (client *FCGIClient) writeEndRequest(appStatus int, protocolStatus uint8) e
 // Value size
 // Name
 // Value
-// The high bit of name size and value size is used for signaling
-// how many bytes are used to store the length/size.
-// If the size is > 127, we can just use one byte,
-// and the high bit will be 0, otherwise, we use
-// four bytes and the high bit will be 1
+type NameValuePair struct {
+	// Making the length values 32 bit for ease.
+	// However, when encoding, the rules for
+	// how many bytes are used will apply.
+	NameLength  uint32
+	ValueLength uint32
+	// Data
+	NameData  string
+	ValueData string
+}
+
 func (client *FCGIClient) writePairs(recType FCGIRequestType, pairs map[string]string) error {
-	w := newWriter(client, recType)
-	b := make([]byte, 8)
-	nn := 0
+	// Get ourselves a nice slice to work with
+	nvpairs := []NameValuePair{}
 	for k, v := range pairs {
-		m := 8 + len(k) + len(v)
-		if m > maxWrite {
-			// param data size exceed 65535 bytes"
-			vl := maxWrite - 8 - len(k)
-			v = v[:vl]
-		}
-		n := encodeSize(b, uint32(len(k)))
-		n += encodeSize(b[n:], uint32(len(v)))
-		m = n + len(k) + len(v)
-		if (nn + m) > maxWrite {
-			w.Flush()
-			nn = 0
-		}
-		nn += m
-		if _, err := w.Write(b[:n]); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if _, err := w.WriteString(k); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if _, err := w.WriteString(v); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		nvpairs = append(nvpairs, NameValuePair{
+			NameLength:  uint32(len(k)),
+			ValueLength: uint32(len(v)),
+			NameData:    k,
+			ValueData:   v,
+		})
 	}
-	w.Close()
+
+	// We'll use this to put together
+	// the packet
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	for _, p := range nvpairs {
+		// Let's see how many bytes we have in total.
+		// Since we have to leave 8 bytes for encoding
+		// the sizes, we'll add it to the calculation.
+		// If the value is larger than what we can
+		// handle, we'll truncate it
+		if (8 + p.NameLength + p.ValueLength) > maxWrite {
+			fmt.Println("We should not have hit this")
+			p.ValueLength = maxWrite - 8 - p.NameLength
+			p.ValueData = p.ValueData[:p.ValueLength]
+		}
+
+		// The high bit of name size and value size is used for signaling
+		// how many bytes are used to store the length/size.
+		// If the size is > 127, we can just use one byte,
+		// and the high bit will be 0, otherwise, we use
+		// four bytes and the high bit will be 1
+		// So if length is encoded in 4 bytes it would look
+		// something like:
+		// 10000000000000000000010000100000
+		if p.NameLength > 127 {
+			p.NameLength |= 1 << 31
+			b := make([]byte, 4)
+			binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b, p.NameLength)
+			buf.Write(b)
+		} else {
+			buf.Write([]byte{byte(p.NameLength)})
+		}
+
+		if p.ValueLength > 127 {
+			p.ValueLength |= 1 << 31
+			b := make([]byte, 4)
+			binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b, p.ValueLength)
+			buf.Write(b)
+		} else {
+			buf.Write([]byte{byte(p.ValueLength)})
+		}
+
+		// Now we just write our values to the buffer
+		buf.WriteString(p.NameData)
+		buf.WriteString(p.ValueData)
+	}
+
+	w := newWriter(client, recType)
+	defer w.Close()
+
+	// Send the data
+	w.Write(buf.Bytes())
+	w.Flush()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index a0371c0..841029b 100644
--- a/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ func readString(s []byte, size uint32) string {
 	return string(s[:size])
 }
 
-func encodeSize(b []byte, size uint32) int {
-	if size > 127 {
-		size |= 1 << 31
-		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b, size)
-		return 4
-	}
-	b[0] = byte(size)
-	return 1
-}
-
 // bufWriter encapsulates bufio.Writer but also closes the underlying stream when
 // Closed.
 type bufWriter struct {