diff --git a/RNS/Buffer.py b/RNS/Buffer.py
index 0dd7e18..078e15e 100644
--- a/RNS/Buffer.py
+++ b/RNS/Buffer.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class StreamDataMessage(MessageBase):
     calculcated based on the value of OVERHEAD
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, stream_id: int = None, data: bytes = None, eof: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, stream_id: int = None, data: bytes = None, eof: bool = False, compressed: bool = False):
         """
         This class is used to encapsulate binary stream
         data to be sent over a ``Channel``.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class StreamDataMessage(MessageBase):
         if stream_id is not None and stream_id > self.STREAM_ID_MAX:
             raise ValueError("stream_id must be 0-16383")
         self.stream_id = stream_id
-        self.compressed = False
+        self.compressed = compressed
         self.data = data or bytes()
         self.eof = eof
 
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ class StreamDataMessage(MessageBase):
         if self.stream_id is None:
             raise ValueError("stream_id")
 
-        compressed_data   = bz2.compress(self.data)
-        saved = len(self.data)-len(compressed_data)
-
-        if saved > 0:
-            self.data = compressed_data
-            self.compressed = True
-
         header_val = (0x3fff & self.stream_id) | (0x8000 if self.eof else 0x0000) | (0x4000 if self.compressed > 0 else 0x0000)
         return bytes(struct.pack(">H", header_val) + (self.data if self.data else bytes()))
 
@@ -133,7 +126,7 @@ class RawChannelReader(RawIOBase, AbstractContextManager):
                         try:
                             threading.Thread(target=listener, name="Message Callback", args=[len(self._buffer)], daemon=True).start()
                         except Exception as ex:
-                            RNS.log("Error calling RawChannelReader(" + str(self._stream_id) + ") callback: " + str(ex))
+                            RNS.log("Error calling RawChannelReader(" + str(self._stream_id) + ") callback: " + str(ex), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                     return True
         return False
 
@@ -186,6 +179,10 @@ class RawChannelWriter(RawIOBase, AbstractContextManager):
       object, see the Python documentation for
       ``RawIOBase``.
     """
+
+    MAX_CHUNK_LEN     = 1024*16
+    COMPRESSION_TRIES = 4
+
     def __init__(self, stream_id: int, channel: Channel):
         """
         Create a raw channel writer.
@@ -199,10 +196,36 @@ class RawChannelWriter(RawIOBase, AbstractContextManager):
 
     def write(self, __b: bytes) -> int | None:
         try:
-            chunk = bytes(__b[:StreamDataMessage.MAX_DATA_LEN])
-            message = StreamDataMessage(self._stream_id, chunk, self._eof)
+            comp_tries = RawChannelWriter.COMPRESSION_TRIES
+            comp_try = 1
+            comp_success = False
+            chunk_len = len(__b)
+            if chunk_len > RawChannelWriter.MAX_CHUNK_LEN:
+                chunk_len = RawChannelWriter.MAX_CHUNK_LEN
+                __b = __b[:RawChannelWriter.MAX_CHUNK_LEN]
+            chunk_segment = None
+            while chunk_len > 32 and comp_try < comp_tries:
+                chunk_segment_length = int(chunk_len/comp_try)
+                compressed_chunk = bz2.compress(__b[:chunk_segment_length])
+                compressed_length = len(compressed_chunk)
+                if compressed_length < StreamDataMessage.MAX_DATA_LEN and compressed_length < chunk_segment_length:
+                    comp_success = True
+                    break
+                else:
+                    comp_try += 1
+
+            if comp_success:
+                chunk = compressed_chunk
+                processed_length = chunk_segment_length
+            else:
+                chunk = bytes(__b[:StreamDataMessage.MAX_DATA_LEN])
+                processed_length = len(chunk)
+
+            message = StreamDataMessage(self._stream_id, chunk, self._eof, comp_success)
+            
             self._channel.send(message)
-            return len(chunk)
+            return processed_length
+
         except RNS.Channel.ChannelException as cex:
             if cex.type != RNS.Channel.CEType.ME_LINK_NOT_READY:
                 raise