diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b004f5..f9cf33c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Simple, modern, ergonomic JSON-RPC 2.0 router built with tower an
 keywords = ["json-rpc", "jsonrpc", "json"]
 categories = ["web-programming::http-server", "web-programming::websocket"]
 
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.81"
 authors = ["init4", "James Prestwich"]
diff --git a/src/types/batch.rs b/src/types/batch.rs
index 0ae8dea..9ee745e 100644
--- a/src/types/batch.rs
+++ b/src/types/batch.rs
@@ -60,33 +60,144 @@ impl TryFrom<Bytes> for InboundData {
         }
         debug!("Parsing inbound data");
 
-        // Special-case a single request, rejecting invalid JSON.
-        if bytes.starts_with(b"{") {
-            let rv: &RawValue = serde_json::from_slice(bytes.as_ref())?;
+        // We set up the deserializer to read from the byte buffer.
+        let mut deserializer = serde_json::Deserializer::from_slice(&bytes);
 
-            let range = find_range!(bytes, rv.get());
+        // If we succesfully deser a batch, we can return it.
+        if let Ok(reqs) = Vec::<&RawValue>::deserialize(&mut deserializer) {
+            // `.end()` performs trailing charcter checks
+            deserializer.end()?;
+            let reqs = reqs
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|raw| find_range!(bytes, raw.get()))
+                .collect();
 
             return Ok(Self {
                 bytes,
-                reqs: vec![range],
-                single: true,
+                reqs,
+                single: false,
             });
         }
 
-        // Otherwise, parse the batch
-        let DeserHelper(reqs) = serde_json::from_slice(bytes.as_ref())?;
-        let reqs = reqs
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|raw| find_range!(bytes, raw.get()))
-            .collect();
+        // If it's not a batch, it should be a single request.
+        let rv = <&RawValue>::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?;
+
+        // `.end()` performs trailing charcter checks
+        deserializer.end()?;
+
+        // If not a JSON object, return an error.
+        if !rv.get().starts_with("{") {
+            return Err(RequestError::UnexpectedJsonType);
+        }
+
+        let range = find_range!(bytes, rv.get());
 
         Ok(Self {
             bytes,
-            reqs,
-            single: false,
+            reqs: vec![range],
+            single: true,
         })
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
-struct DeserHelper<'a>(#[serde(borrow)] Vec<&'a RawValue>);
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn assert_invalid_json(batch: &'static str) {
+        let bytes = Bytes::from(batch);
+        let err = InboundData::try_from(bytes).unwrap_err();
+
+        assert!(matches!(err, RequestError::InvalidJson(_)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deser_batch() {
+        let batch = r#"[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]}
+        ]"#;
+
+        let bytes = Bytes::from(batch);
+        let batch = InboundData::try_from(bytes).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(batch.len(), 2);
+        assert!(!batch.single());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deser_single() {
+        let single = r#"{"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]}"#;
+
+        let bytes = Bytes::from(single);
+        let batch = InboundData::try_from(bytes).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(batch.len(), 1);
+        assert!(batch.single());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deser_single_with_whitespace() {
+        let single = r#"
+
+        {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]}
+
+                "#;
+
+        let bytes = Bytes::from(single);
+        let batch = InboundData::try_from(bytes).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(batch.len(), 1);
+        assert!(batch.single());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_broken_batch() {
+        let batch = r#"[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]
+        ]"#;
+
+        assert_invalid_json(batch);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_junk_prefix() {
+        let batch = r#"JUNK[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]}
+        ]"#;
+
+        assert_invalid_json(batch);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_junk_suffix() {
+        let batch = r#"[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]}
+        ]JUNK"#;
+
+        assert_invalid_json(batch);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_invalid_utf8_prefix() {
+        let batch = r#"\xF1\x80[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]}
+        ]"#;
+
+        assert_invalid_json(batch);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_invalid_utf8_suffix() {
+        let batch = r#"[
+            {"id": 1, "method": "foo", "params": [1, 2, 3]},
+            {"id": 2, "method": "bar", "params": [4, 5, 6]}
+        ]\xF1\x80"#;
+
+        assert_invalid_json(batch);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/req.rs b/src/types/req.rs
index 16464a2..81e83d9 100644
--- a/src/types/req.rs
+++ b/src/types/req.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ impl Request {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+
     use crate::types::METHOD_LEN_LIMIT;
 
     use super::*;
@@ -236,4 +237,28 @@ mod test {
 
         assert_eq!(size, METHOD_LEN_LIMIT + 1);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_with_linebreak() {
+        let bytes = Bytes::from_static(
+            r#"
+       
+   { "id": 1,
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "method": "eth_getBalance",
+    "params": ["0x4444d38c385d0969C64c4C8f996D7536d16c28B9", "latest"]
+  }
+
+        "#
+            .as_bytes(),
+        );
+        let req = Request::try_from(bytes).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(req.id(), Some("1"));
+        assert_eq!(req.method(), r#"eth_getBalance"#);
+        assert_eq!(
+            req.params(),
+            r#"["0x4444d38c385d0969C64c4C8f996D7536d16c28B9", "latest"]"#
+        );
+    }
 }