diff --git a/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronInput.java b/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronInput.java
index 88b074a7..4fd5e751 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronInput.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronInput.java
@@ -147,7 +147,14 @@ class AeronInput extends Input {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Throws {@link UnsupportedOperationException} because this input uses a ByteBuffer, not a byte[].
+     * Sets the internal buffer (and properties based on that buffer)
+     */
+    public void setBuffer(DirectBuffer buffer) {
+        setBuffer(buffer, 0, buffer.capacity());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the internal buffer (and properties based on that buffer)
      */
     public void setBuffer (DirectBuffer buffer, int offset, int length) {
         this.internalBuffer = buffer;
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronOutput.java b/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronOutput.java
index c156f51a..179e8af7 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronOutput.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/network/serialization/AeronOutput.java
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ public class AeronOutput extends Output {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This buffer does not used a byte[], see #getInternaleBuffer().");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets a new buffer to write to. The max size is the buffer's length.
+     */
+    public void setBuffer (MutableDirectBuffer buffer) {
+        internalBuffer = buffer;
+        position = 0;
+        capacity = buffer.capacity();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets a new buffer to write to. The max size is the buffer's length.
      */