diff --git a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Helpers/HashingHelper.cs b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Helpers/HashingHelper.cs
index 52ce3d1..27ac346 100644
--- a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Helpers/HashingHelper.cs
+++ b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Helpers/HashingHelper.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using Unity.Collections;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles.Helpers;
 internal class HashingHelper
 {
-    private const int c_BufferSize = 81920;
+    private const int c_BufferSize = 4096;
 
     public static byte[] HashFile(string path)
     {
@@ -22,15 +23,13 @@ public static byte[] HashStream(Stream stream)
 
         var hash = new Hash128();
 
-        var buffer = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(c_BufferSize);
+        using var buffer = new NativeArray<byte>(c_BufferSize, Allocator.Temp, NativeArrayOptions.UninitializedMemory);
         int readBytes;
-        while ((readBytes = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
+        while ((readBytes = stream.Read(buffer)) > 0)
         {
             hash.Append(buffer, 0, readBytes);
         }
 
-        ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(buffer);
-
         var hashArray = new byte[16];
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt64LittleEndian(hashArray, hash.u64_0);
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt64LittleEndian(hashArray.AsSpan()[8..], hash.u64_1);
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ public static string HashToString(Span<byte> hash)
         return chars.ToString();
     }
 
-    public static void WriteHash(Span<byte> destination, string hash)
+    public static int WriteHash(Span<byte> destination, string hash)
     {
         if ((hash.Length / 2) > destination.Length)
         {
@@ -63,5 +62,7 @@ public static void WriteHash(Span<byte> destination, string hash)
             var s = hash.AsSpan(i, 2);
             destination[i / 2] = byte.Parse(s, NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
+
+        return hash.Length / 2;
     }
 }
diff --git a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/AssetBundleManager.cs b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/AssetBundleManager.cs
index eea4581..d9849ec 100644
--- a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/AssetBundleManager.cs
+++ b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/AssetBundleManager.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public bool TryRecompressAssetBundle(Stream stream, [NotNullWhen(true)] out stri
         }
 
         var hash = HashingHelper.HashStream(stream);
-
+        
         path = null!;
         if (FindCachedBundleByHash(hash, out var newPath))
         {
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ private async Task DecompressAssetBundleAsync(WorkAsset workAsset)
         var result = op.result;
         var humanReadableResult = op.humanReadableResult;
         var success = op.success;
+        var newHash = HashingHelper.HashFile(outputPath);
 
         await AsyncHelper.SwitchToThreadPool();
 
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ private async Task DecompressAssetBundleAsync(WorkAsset workAsset)
         }
 
         // check if unity returned the same assetbundle (means that assetbundle is already decompressed)
-        if (workAsset.Hash.AsSpan().SequenceEqual(HashingHelper.HashFile(outputPath)))
+        if (workAsset.Hash.AsSpan().SequenceEqual(newHash))
         {
             Patcher.Logger.LogDebug($"Assetbundle \"{originalFileName}\" is already uncompressed, adding to ignore list");
 
diff --git a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/MetadataManager.cs b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/MetadataManager.cs
index a49c546..3519eaa 100644
--- a/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/MetadataManager.cs
+++ b/BepInExFasterLoadAssetBundles/Managers/MetadataManager.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public MetadataManager(string metadataFile)
         {
             foreach (var metadata in m_Metadata)
             {
-                HashingHelper.WriteHash(tempHash, metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash);
-                if (tempHash.SequenceEqual(hash))
+                var writtenBytes = HashingHelper.WriteHash(tempHash, metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash);
+                if (tempHash[..writtenBytes].SequenceEqual(hash))
                 {
                     return metadata;
                 }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public void SaveMetadata(Metadata metadata)
     {
         lock (m_Lock)
         {
-            var index = m_Metadata.FindIndex(m => m.OriginalAssetBundleHash == metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash);
+            var index = m_Metadata.FindIndex(m => m.OriginalAssetBundleHash.Equals(metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash, StringComparison.InvariantCulture));
 
             if (index == -1)
             {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void DeleteMetadata(Metadata metadata)
         var shouldSave = false;
         lock (m_Lock)
         {
-            var index = m_Metadata.FindIndex(m => m.OriginalAssetBundleHash == metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash);
+            var index = m_Metadata.FindIndex(m => m.OriginalAssetBundleHash.Equals(metadata.OriginalAssetBundleHash, StringComparison.InvariantCulture));
 
             if (index >= 0)
             {