diff --git a/image_pusher/HDF5FilePusher.cpp b/image_pusher/HDF5FilePusher.cpp
index d6c00c74..a5f9138c 100644
--- a/image_pusher/HDF5FilePusher.cpp
+++ b/image_pusher/HDF5FilePusher.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ void HDF5FilePusher::StartDataCollection(StartMessage &message) {
             StartMessage repub_message = message;
             repub_message.writer_notification_zmq_addr = "";
 
-            size_t approx_size = 1024 * 1024;
-            for (const auto &[key, value] : repub_message.pixel_mask)
-                approx_size += value.size() * sizeof(uint32_t);
-
-            std::vector<uint8_t> serialization_buffer(approx_size);
-            CBORStream2Serializer serializer(serialization_buffer.data(), serialization_buffer.size());
             serializer.SerializeSequenceStart(repub_message);
 
             repub_active = repub_socket->Send(serialization_buffer.data(), serializer.GetBufferSize(), true);
@@ -59,9 +53,6 @@ bool HDF5FilePusher::EndDataCollection(const EndMessage &message) {
 
     if (repub_socket) {
         try {
-            size_t approx_size = 1024 * 1024;
-            std::vector<uint8_t> serialization_buffer(approx_size);
-            CBORStream2Serializer serializer(serialization_buffer.data(), serialization_buffer.size());
             serializer.SerializeSequenceEnd(message);
 
             if (repub_active)
diff --git a/image_pusher/ImagePusher.cpp b/image_pusher/ImagePusher.cpp
index 8f5ca4d3..cca67c54 100644
--- a/image_pusher/ImagePusher.cpp
+++ b/image_pusher/ImagePusher.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ void PrepareCBORImage(DataMessage& message,
                                     experiment.GetCompressionAlgorithm());
 }
 
+ImagePusher::ImagePusher()
+: serialization_buffer(MESSAGE_SIZE_FOR_START_END),
+serializer(serialization_buffer.data(), serialization_buffer.size()) {}
+
 std::string ImagePusher::Finalize() {
     return "";
 }
diff --git a/image_pusher/ImagePusher.h b/image_pusher/ImagePusher.h
index cb5e64d1..ac41375b 100644
--- a/image_pusher/ImagePusher.h
+++ b/image_pusher/ImagePusher.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "../common/JFJochMessages.h"
 #include "../common/ZeroCopyReturnValue.h"
 #include "../common/Logger.h"
+#include "../frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.h"
 
 enum class ImagePusherType {HDF5, CBOR, TCP, ZMQ, Test, None};
 
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ void PrepareCBORImage(DataMessage& message,
                       void *image, size_t image_size);
 
 class ImagePusher {
+protected:
+    std::vector<uint8_t> serialization_buffer;
+    CBORStream2Serializer serializer;
+    ImagePusher();
 public:
     virtual void StartDataCollection(StartMessage& message) = 0;
     virtual bool EndDataCollection(const EndMessage& message) = 0; // Non-blocking
diff --git a/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.cpp b/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.cpp
index 0f777b68..d3184d2c 100644
--- a/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.cpp
+++ b/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ void TCPStreamPusher::CloseFd(std::atomic<int>& fd) {
 TCPStreamPusher::TCPStreamPusher(const std::string& addr,
                                  size_t in_max_connections,
                                  std::optional<int32_t> in_send_buffer_size)
-    : serialization_buffer(256 * 1024 * 1024),
-      serializer(serialization_buffer.data(), serialization_buffer.size()),
-      endpoint(addr),
+    : endpoint(addr),
       max_connections(in_max_connections),
       send_buffer_size(in_send_buffer_size) {
     if (endpoint.empty())
diff --git a/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.h b/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.h
index 69b4d59c..1b6eb0ef 100644
--- a/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.h
+++ b/image_pusher/TCPStreamPusher.h
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ class TCPStreamPusher : public ImagePusher {
         std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point last_keepalive_recv{};
     };
 
-    std::vector<uint8_t> serialization_buffer;
-    CBORStream2Serializer serializer;
-
     std::string endpoint;
     size_t max_connections;
     std::optional<int32_t> send_buffer_size;
diff --git a/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.cpp b/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.cpp
index ab4ce8f7..f115ce94 100644
--- a/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.cpp
+++ b/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 ZMQStream2Pusher::ZMQStream2Pusher(const std::vector<std::string> &addr,
                                    std::optional<int32_t> send_buffer_high_watermark,
                                    std::optional<int32_t> send_buffer_size)
-        : serialization_buffer(256*1024*1024),
-          serializer(serialization_buffer.data(), serialization_buffer.size())
 {
     if (addr.empty())
         throw JFJochException(JFJochExceptionCategory::InputParameterInvalid, "No writer ZMQ address provided");
diff --git a/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.h b/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.h
index 5f922363..aa5dbd36 100644
--- a/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.h
+++ b/image_pusher/ZMQStream2Pusher.h
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@
 #include "../preview/PreviewCounter.h"
 #include "ZMQWriterNotificationPuller.h"
 #include "ZMQStream2PusherSocket.h"
-#include "../frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.h"
 
 class ZMQStream2Pusher : public ImagePusher {
-    std::vector<uint8_t> serialization_buffer;
-    CBORStream2Serializer serializer;
-
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ZMQStream2PusherSocket>> socket;
 
     std::unique_ptr<ZMQWriterNotificationPuller> writer_notification_socket;