diff --git a/src/plugin.js b/src/plugin.js
index 71d2030b..156a1910 100644
--- a/src/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugin.js
@@ -157,40 +157,59 @@ async function parse(parser, source, opts) {
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const socket = new net.Socket();
-    let chunks = "";
+    let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+    let expectedLength = null;
 
     socket.on("error", (error) => {
       reject(error);
     });
 
     socket.on("data", (data) => {
-      chunks += data.toString("utf-8");
-    });
+      buffer = Buffer.concat([buffer, data]);
 
-    socket.on("end", () => {
-      const response = JSON.parse(chunks);
+      // If we haven't read the length header yet
+      if (expectedLength === null && buffer.length >= 4) {
+        expectedLength = buffer.readUInt32BE(0);
+        buffer = buffer.subarray(4);
+      }
 
-      if (response.error) {
-        const error = new Error(response.error);
-        if (response.loc) {
-          error.loc = response.loc;
-        }
+      // If we have the complete message
+      if (expectedLength !== null && buffer.length >= expectedLength) {
+        const response = JSON.parse(
+          buffer.toString("utf-8", 0, expectedLength)
+        );
 
-        reject(error);
+        if (response.error) {
+          const error = new Error(response.error);
+          if (response.loc) {
+            error.loc = response.loc;
+          }
+          reject(error);
+        } else {
+          resolve(response);
+        }
       }
+    });
 
-      resolve(response);
+    socket.on("end", () => {
+      if (expectedLength === null || buffer.length < expectedLength) {
+        reject(new Error("Socket closed before receiving complete response"));
+      }
     });
 
     socket.connect(connectionOptions, () => {
-      socket.end(
-        JSON.stringify({
-          parser,
-          source,
-          maxwidth: opts.printWidth,
-          tabwidth: opts.tabWidth
-        })
-      );
+      const content = JSON.stringify({
+        parser,
+        source,
+        maxwidth: opts.printWidth,
+        tabwidth: opts.tabWidth
+      });
+      const contentBuffer = Buffer.from(content, "utf-8");
+      const lengthBuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(4);
+      lengthBuffer.writeUInt32BE(contentBuffer.length, 0);
+
+      socket.write(lengthBuffer);
+      socket.end(contentBuffer);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/server.rb b/src/server.rb
index d5876cf7..459ac66e 100644
--- a/src/server.rb
+++ b/src/server.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@
 
       # Start up a new thread that will handle each successive connection.
       Thread.new(server.accept_nonblock) do |socket|
-        request = JSON.parse(socket.read.force_encoding("UTF-8"))
+        # Read the length header (4 bytes)
+        length_bytes = socket.read(4)
+        expected_length = length_bytes.unpack1("N")
+
+        # Read the content based on the expected length
+        content = socket.read(expected_length)
+        request = JSON.parse(content.force_encoding("UTF-8"))
         source = request["source"]
 
         source.each_line do |line|
@@ -136,16 +142,28 @@
           end
 
         if response
-          socket.write(JSON.fast_generate(response.force_encoding("UTF-8")))
+          content = JSON.fast_generate(response.force_encoding("UTF-8"))
+          content_bytes = content.bytesize
+          socket.write([content_bytes].pack("N"))
+          socket.write(content)
         else
-          socket.write("{ \"error\": true }")
+          content = "{ \"error\": true }"
+          content_bytes = content.bytesize
+          socket.write([content_bytes].pack("N"))
+          socket.write(content)
         end
       rescue SyntaxTree::Parser::ParseError => error
         loc = { start: { line: error.lineno, column: error.column } }
-        socket.write(JSON.fast_generate(error: error.message, loc: loc))
+        content = JSON.fast_generate(error: error.message, loc: loc)
+        content_bytes = content.bytesize
+        socket.write([content_bytes].pack("N"))
+        socket.write(content)
       rescue StandardError => error
         begin
-          socket.write(JSON.fast_generate(error: error.message))
+          content = JSON.fast_generate(error: error.message)
+          content_bytes = content.bytesize
+          socket.write([content_bytes].pack("N"))
+          socket.write(content)
         rescue Errno::EPIPE
           # Do nothing, the pipe has been closed by the parent process so we
           # don't actually care about writing to it anymore.
diff --git a/test/js/ruby/utf8_boundary.test.js b/test/js/ruby/utf8_boundary.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a6bef11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/ruby/utf8_boundary.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+describe("UTF-8 handling at 8KB boundary", () => {
+  test("should handle emoji at 8KB boundary without corruption", () => {
+    // Create a string where emoji appears right at 8192 byte boundary
+    // Each 'a' is 1 byte, emoji is 4 bytes
+    const padding = "a".repeat(8190);
+    const testCode = `# ${padding}\nputs "🚀 test"`;
+
+    // The formatted result should contain the emoji, not replacement characters
+    return expect(testCode).toMatchFormat();
+  });
+
+  test("should handle multiple emojis around 8KB boundary", () => {
+    // Test with emojis before, at, and after 8KB boundary
+    const beforeBoundary = "a".repeat(8180);
+    const testCode = `# ${beforeBoundary}\n# 🎨🎭🎪🎯\nputs "test"`;
+
+    return expect(testCode).toMatchFormat();
+  });
+});