diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/fs/mod.rs b/src/lune/builtins/fs/mod.rs
index 0d1fd8f..f1182e0 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/fs/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::path::{PathBuf, MAIN_SEPARATOR};
 use mlua::prelude::*;
 use tokio::fs;
 
+use crate::lune::util::buffer::{buf_to_str, create_lua_buffer};
 use crate::lune::util::TableBuilder;
 
 mod copy;
@@ -14,19 +15,6 @@ use copy::copy;
 use metadata::FsMetadata;
 use options::FsWriteOptions;
 
-const BYTES_TO_BUF_IMPL: &str = r#"
-    local tbl = select(1, ...)
-    local buf = buffer.create(#tbl * 4) -- Each u32 is 4 bytes
-
-    for offset, byte in tbl do
-        buffer.writeu32(buf, offset, byte)
-    end
-
-    return buf
-"#;
-
-const BUF_TO_STR_IMPL: &str = "return buffer.tostring(select(1, ...))";
-
 pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     TableBuilder::new(lua)?
         .with_async_function("readFile", fs_read_file)?
@@ -43,20 +31,6 @@ pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-fn create_lua_buffer(lua: &Lua, bytes: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> LuaResult<LuaValue> {
-    let lua_bytes = bytes.as_ref().into_lua(lua)?;
-
-    let buf_constructor = lua.load(BYTES_TO_BUF_IMPL).into_function()?;
-
-    buf_constructor.call::<_, LuaValue>(lua_bytes)
-}
-
-fn buf_to_str(lua: &Lua, buf: LuaValue<'_>) -> LuaResult<String> {
-    let str_constructor = lua.load(BUF_TO_STR_IMPL).into_function()?;
-
-    str_constructor.call(buf)
-}
-
 async fn fs_read_file(lua: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<LuaValue> {
     let bytes = fs::read(&path).await.into_lua_err()?;
 
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/net/config.rs b/src/lune/builtins/net/config.rs
index 030288e..6a3a0d9 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/net/config.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/net/config.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use mlua::prelude::*;
 
 use reqwest::Method;
 
+use crate::lune::util::buffer::buf_to_str;
+
 use super::util::table_to_hash_map;
 
 // Net request config
@@ -92,10 +94,16 @@ impl FromLua<'_> for RequestConfig {
                 Err(_) => HashMap::new(),
             };
             // Extract body
-            let body = match tab.raw_get::<_, LuaString>("body") {
-                Ok(config_body) => Some(config_body.as_bytes().to_owned()),
-                Err(_) => None,
+            let body = match tab.raw_get::<_, LuaValue>("body")? {
+                LuaValue::String(str) => Some(str.as_bytes().to_vec()),
+                LuaValue::UserData(inner) => Some(
+                    buf_to_str(lua, LuaValue::UserData(inner))?
+                        .as_bytes()
+                        .to_vec(),
+                ),
+                _ => None,
             };
+
             // Convert method string into proper enum
             let method = method.trim().to_ascii_uppercase();
             let method = match method.as_ref() {
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs b/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
index 78c3397..f09bd1e 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/net/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ use mlua::prelude::*;
 
 use hyper::header::CONTENT_ENCODING;
 
-use crate::lune::{scheduler::Scheduler, util::TableBuilder};
+use crate::lune::{
+    scheduler::Scheduler,
+    util::{buffer::create_lua_buffer, TableBuilder},
+};
 
 use self::{
     server::{bind_to_addr, create_server},
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ where
         .with_value("statusCode", res_status)?
         .with_value("statusMessage", res_status_text)?
         .with_value("headers", res_headers_lua)?
-        .with_value("body", lua.create_string(&res_bytes)?)?
+        .with_value("body", create_lua_buffer(lua, &res_bytes)?)?
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/net/websocket.rs b/src/lune/builtins/net/websocket.rs
index aa01c13..5678218 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/net/websocket.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/net/websocket.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use hyper_tungstenite::{
 };
 use tokio_tungstenite::MaybeTlsStream;
 
-use crate::lune::util::TableBuilder;
+use crate::lune::util::{buffer::buf_to_str, TableBuilder};
 
 const WEB_SOCKET_IMPL_LUA: &str = r#"
 return freeze(setmetatable({
@@ -178,20 +178,29 @@ where
 }
 
 async fn send<'lua, T>(
-    _lua: &'lua Lua,
-    (socket, string, as_binary): (
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (socket, data, as_binary): (
         LuaUserDataRef<'lua, NetWebSocket<T>>,
-        LuaString<'lua>,
+        LuaValue<'lua>,
         Option<bool>,
     ),
 ) -> LuaResult<()>
 where
     T: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin,
 {
+    let string = match data {
+        LuaValue::String(str) => Ok(str.to_str()?.to_string()),
+        LuaValue::UserData(inner) => buf_to_str(lua, LuaValue::UserData(inner)),
+        other => Err(LuaError::runtime(format!(
+            "Expected data to be of type string or buffer, got {}",
+            other.type_name()
+        ))),
+    }?;
+
     let msg = if matches!(as_binary, Some(true)) {
         WsMessage::Binary(string.as_bytes().to_vec())
     } else {
-        let s = string.to_str().into_lua_err()?;
+        let s = string;
         WsMessage::Text(s.to_string())
     };
     let mut ws = socket.write_stream.lock().await;
diff --git a/src/lune/util/buffer.rs b/src/lune/util/buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..363eaaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lune/util/buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use mlua::{IntoLua, Lua, Result, Value};
+
+const BYTES_TO_BUF_IMPL: &str = r#"
+    local tbl = select(1, ...)
+    local buf = buffer.create(#tbl * 4) -- Each u32 is 4 bytes
+
+    for offset, byte in tbl do
+        buffer.writeu32(buf, offset, byte)
+    end
+
+    return buf
+"#;
+
+const BUF_TO_STR_IMPL: &str = "return buffer.tostring(select(1, ...))";
+
+pub fn create_lua_buffer(lua: &Lua, bytes: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<Value> {
+    let lua_bytes = bytes.as_ref().into_lua(lua)?;
+
+    let buf_constructor = lua.load(BYTES_TO_BUF_IMPL).into_function()?;
+
+    buf_constructor.call::<_, Value>(lua_bytes)
+}
+
+pub fn buf_to_str(lua: &Lua, buf: Value<'_>) -> Result<String> {
+    let str_constructor = lua.load(BUF_TO_STR_IMPL).into_function()?;
+
+    str_constructor.call(buf)
+}
diff --git a/src/lune/util/mod.rs b/src/lune/util/mod.rs
index 45e7512..1066006 100644
--- a/src/lune/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/util/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod table_builder;
 
+pub mod buffer;
 pub mod formatting;
 pub mod futures;
 pub mod luaurc;