diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index 69f0d3a3..a0404e00 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static void drop_all_clients(cdata_t *cdata)
 	ck_wunlock(&cdata->lock);
 }
 
-static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, int64_t id, char *buf);
+static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf, int slen, uint32_t len);
 
 /* Look for shares being submitted via a redirector and add them to a linked
  * list for looking up the responses. */
@@ -460,6 +460,23 @@ static void parse_redirector_share(client_instance_t *client, const json_t *val)
 	}
 }
 
+static void send_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf)
+{
+	uint32_t len;
+
+	if (unlikely(!buf)) {
+		LOGWARNING("Connector send_client sent a null buffer");
+		return;
+	}
+	len = strlen(buf);
+	if (unlikely(!len)) {
+		LOGWARNING("Connector send_client sent a zero length buffer");
+		free(buf);
+		return;
+	}
+	send_client(cdata, id, buf, len, len);
+}
+
 /* Client is holding a reference count from being on the epoll list */
 static void parse_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, client_instance_t *client)
 {
@@ -512,7 +529,7 @@ reparse:
 		char *buf = strdup("Invalid JSON, disconnecting\n");
 
 		LOGINFO("Client id %"PRId64" sent invalid json message %s", client->id, msg);
-		send_client(cdata, client->id, buf);
+		send_client_msg(cdata, client->id, buf);
 		invalidate_client(ckp, cdata, client);
 		return;
 	} else {
@@ -890,25 +907,31 @@ out:
 
 /* Send a client by id a heap allocated buffer, allowing this function to
  * free the ram. */
-static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf)
+static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf, int slen, uint32_t len)
 {
 	ckpool_t *ckp = cdata->ckp;
 	sender_send_t *sender_send;
 	client_instance_t *client;
-	int len;
-
-	if (unlikely(!buf)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Connector send_client sent a null buffer");
-		return;
-	}
-	len = strlen(buf);
-	if (unlikely(!len)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Connector send_client sent a zero length buffer");
-		free(buf);
-		return;
-	}
+	char *bkey = NULL;
+	json_t *val;
 
 	if (unlikely(ckp->node && !id)) {
+		uint32_t blen = slen - len;
+
+		if (blen > 0) {
+			bkey = strstr(buf + slen - 4 - 1, "bkey");
+			if (likely(bkey)) {
+				val = json_loads(buf, JSON_DISABLE_EOF_CHECK, NULL);
+				if (unlikely(!val)) {
+					LOGWARNING("No json in bkey appended message %s", buf);
+					goto out;
+				}
+				json_append_bkeys(val, bkey, blen);
+				free(buf);
+				buf = json_dumps(val, JSON_EOL | JSON_COMPACT);
+				json_decref(val);
+			}
+		}
 		LOGDEBUG("Message for node: %s", buf);
 		send_proc(ckp->stratifier, buf);
 		free(buf);
@@ -946,9 +969,9 @@ static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf)
 			return;
 		}
 		if (ckp->node) {
-			json_t *val = json_loads(buf, 0, NULL);
 			char *msg;
 
+			val = json_loads(buf, 0, NULL);
 			if (!val) // Can happen if client sent invalid json message
 				goto out;
 			json_object_set_new_nocheck(val, "client_id", json_integer(client->id));
@@ -993,7 +1016,7 @@ static void passthrough_client(ckpool_t *ckp, cdata_t *cdata, client_instance_t
 	LOGINFO("Connector adding passthrough client %"PRId64, client->id);
 	client->passthrough = true;
 	ASPRINTF(&buf, "{\"result\":true,\"bkey\":true}\n");
-	send_client(cdata, client->id, buf);
+	send_client_msg(cdata, client->id, buf);
 	if (!ckp->rmem_warn)
 		set_recvbufsize(ckp, client->fd, 1048576);
 	if (!ckp->wmem_warn)
@@ -1008,7 +1031,7 @@ static void remote_server(ckpool_t *ckp, cdata_t *cdata, client_instance_t *clie
 		   client->id, client->address_name);
 	client->remote = true;
 	ASPRINTF(&buf, "{\"result\":true,\"bkey\":true}\n");
-	send_client(cdata, client->id, buf);
+	send_client_msg(cdata, client->id, buf);
 	if (!ckp->rmem_warn)
 		set_recvbufsize(ckp, client->fd, 1048576);
 }
@@ -1208,11 +1231,11 @@ static void process_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, char *buf, uint32_t msglen)
 	char *msg, *bkey = NULL;
 	int64_t client_id;
 	json_t *json_msg;
-	uint32_t len;
+	uint32_t slen;
 
-	len = strlen(buf);
-	if (likely(len > 4)) {
-		bkey = strstr(buf + len - 4 - 1, "bkey");
+	slen = strlen(buf);
+	if (likely(slen > 4)) {
+		bkey = strstr(buf + slen - 4 - 1, "bkey");
 		if (bkey)
 			LOGDEBUG("Bkey found in process_client_msg");
 	}
@@ -1221,10 +1244,12 @@ static void process_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, char *buf, uint32_t msglen)
 		LOGWARNING("Invalid json message in process_client_msg: %s", buf);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (unlikely(bkey)) {
-		len = msglen - (bkey - buf);
-		json_append_bkeys(json_msg, bkey, len);
-	}
+#if 0
+	if (unlikely(bkey))
+		msglen = msglen - (bkey - buf);
+	else
+		msglen = len;
+#endif
 
 	/* Extract the client id from the json message and remove its entry */
 	client_id = json_integer_value(json_object_get(json_msg, "client_id"));
@@ -1235,7 +1260,7 @@ static void process_client_msg(cdata_t *cdata, char *buf, uint32_t msglen)
 		json_object_set_new_nocheck(json_msg, "client_id", json_integer(client_id & 0xffffffffll));
 
 	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, JSON_EOL | JSON_COMPACT);
-	send_client(cdata, client_id, msg);
+	send_client(cdata, client_id, msg, slen, msglen);
 	json_decref(json_msg);
 }
 
@@ -1250,7 +1275,7 @@ static void drop_passthrough_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id)
 	/* We have a direct connection to the passthrough's connector so we
 	 * can send it any regular commands. */
 	ASPRINTF(&msg, "dropclient=%"PRId64"\n", client_id);
-	send_client(cdata, id, msg);
+	send_client_msg(cdata, id, msg);
 }
 
 static char *connector_stats(cdata_t *cdata, const int runtime)