diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 675eedf1..6db92e73 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto"
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"encoding/binary"
@@ -194,9 +195,13 @@ func SignerOptsToHash(opts crypto.SignerOpts) (HashFunction, error) {
 //	payload []byte -> CBOR-encoded payload
 func Receive(conn net.Conn) ([]byte, uint32, error) {
 
-	err := conn.(*net.UnixConn).SetReadBuffer(MaxMsgLen)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to socket write buffer size %v", err)
+	// If unix domain sockets are used, set the write buffer size
+	_, ok := conn.(*net.UnixConn)
+	if ok {
+		err := conn.(*net.UnixConn).SetReadBuffer(MaxMsgLen)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to socket write buffer size %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Read header
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ func Receive(conn net.Conn) ([]byte, uint32, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Decode header to get length and type
-	payloadLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[0:4])
+	payloadLen := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[0:4]))
 	msgType := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[4:8])
 
 	if payloadLen > MaxMsgLen {
@@ -224,19 +229,29 @@ func Receive(conn net.Conn) ([]byte, uint32, error) {
 	log.Tracef("Decoded header. Expecting type %v, length %v", msgType, payloadLen)
 
 	// Read payload
-	payload := make([]byte, payloadLen)
-	n, err = conn.Read(payload)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read payload: %w", err)
-	}
-	if uint32(n) != payloadLen {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read payload (received %v, expected %v bytes)",
-			n, payloadLen)
+	payload := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	received := 0
+	for {
+		chunk := make([]byte, 128*1024)
+		n, err = conn.Read(chunk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read payload: %w", err)
+		}
+		received += n
+		payload.Write(chunk[:n])
+
+		log.Tracef("Received chunk of %v bytes\n", n)
+
+		if received == payloadLen {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
+	log.Tracef("Received payload length %v", payloadLen)
+
 	if msgType == TypeError {
 		resp := new(SocketError)
-		err = cbor.Unmarshal(payload, resp)
+		err = cbor.Unmarshal(payload.Bytes(), resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal error response")
 		} else {
@@ -244,7 +259,7 @@ func Receive(conn net.Conn) ([]byte, uint32, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return payload, msgType, nil
+	return payload.Bytes(), msgType, nil
 }
 
 // Send sends data to a socket with the following format
@@ -259,9 +274,13 @@ func Send(conn net.Conn, payload []byte, t uint32) error {
 			len(payload), MaxMsgLen)
 	}
 
-	err := conn.(*net.UnixConn).SetWriteBuffer(MaxMsgLen)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to socket write buffer size %v", err)
+	// If unix domain sockets are used, set the write buffer size
+	_, ok := conn.(*net.UnixConn)
+	if ok {
+		err := conn.(*net.UnixConn).SetWriteBuffer(MaxMsgLen)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to socket write buffer size %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	buf := make([]byte, 8)