diff --git a/src/App.h b/src/App.h
index 284ece52c..4da74e1d5 100644
--- a/src/App.h
+++ b/src/App.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ namespace uWS {
         /*OpCode*/ int opCode;
         bool compress;
     };
+    struct TopicTreeBigMessage {
+        std::string_view message;
+        /*OpCode*/ int opCode;
+        bool compress;
+    };
 }
 
 /* An app is a convenience wrapper of some of the most used fuctionalities and allows a
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ struct TemplatedApp {
 
 public:
 
-    TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage> *topicTree = nullptr;
+    TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage> *topicTree = nullptr;
 
     /* Server name */
     TemplatedApp &&addServerName(std::string hostname_pattern, SocketContextOptions options = {}) {
@@ -113,8 +118,18 @@ struct TemplatedApp {
     /* Publishes a message to all websocket contexts - conceptually as if publishing to the one single
      * TopicTree of this app (technically there are many TopicTrees, however the concept is that one
      * app has one conceptual Topic tree) */
-    void publish(std::string_view topic, std::string_view message, OpCode opCode, bool compress = false) {
-        topicTree->publish(nullptr, topic, {std::string(message), opCode, compress});
+    bool publish(std::string_view topic, std::string_view message, OpCode opCode, bool compress = false) {
+        /* Anything big bypasses corking efforts */
+        if (message.length() >= LoopData::CORK_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+            return topicTree->publishBig(nullptr, topic, {message, opCode, compress}, [](Subscriber *s, TopicTreeBigMessage &message) {
+                auto *ws = (WebSocket<SSL, true, int> *) s->user;
+
+                /* Send will drain if needed */
+                ws->send(message.message, (OpCode)message.opCode, message.compress);
+            });
+        } else {
+            return topicTree->publish(nullptr, topic, {std::string(message), opCode, compress});
+        }
     }
 
     /* Returns number of subscribers for this topic, or 0 for failure.
@@ -225,7 +240,7 @@ struct TemplatedApp {
         if (!topicTree) {
 
             bool needsUncork = false;
-            topicTree = new TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage>([needsUncork](Subscriber *s, TopicTreeMessage &message, TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage>::IteratorFlags flags) mutable {
+            topicTree = new TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage>([needsUncork](Subscriber *s, TopicTreeMessage &message, TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage>::IteratorFlags flags) mutable {
                 /* Subscriber's user is the socket */
                 /* Unfortunately we need to cast is to PerSocketData = int
                  * since many different WebSocketContexts use the same
@@ -233,7 +248,7 @@ struct TemplatedApp {
                 auto *ws = (WebSocket<SSL, true, int> *) s->user;
 
                 /* If this is the first message we try and cork */
-                if (flags & TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage>::IteratorFlags::FIRST) {
+                if (flags & TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage>::IteratorFlags::FIRST) {
                     if (ws->canCork() && !ws->isCorked()) {
                         ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *)ws)->cork();
                         needsUncork = true;
@@ -251,7 +266,7 @@ struct TemplatedApp {
                 }
 
                 /* If this is the last message we uncork if we are corked */
-                if (flags & TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage>::IteratorFlags::LAST) {
+                if (flags & TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage>::IteratorFlags::LAST) {
                     /* We should not uncork in all cases? */
                     if (needsUncork) {
                         ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *)ws)->uncork();
diff --git a/src/AsyncSocket.h b/src/AsyncSocket.h
index 9cf7aa5f8..1b28a8593 100644
--- a/src/AsyncSocket.h
+++ b/src/AsyncSocket.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct AsyncSocket {
     template <bool, bool, typename> friend struct WebSocketContext;
     template <bool> friend struct TemplatedApp;
     template <bool, typename> friend struct WebSocketContextData;
-    template <typename> friend struct TopicTree;
+    template <typename, typename> friend struct TopicTree;
 
 protected:
     /* Returns SSL pointer or FD as pointer */
diff --git a/src/TopicTree.h b/src/TopicTree.h
index a8371283d..a027f5cb8 100644
--- a/src/TopicTree.h
+++ b/src/TopicTree.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct Topic : std::unordered_set<Subscriber *> {
 
 struct Subscriber {
 
-    template <typename> friend struct TopicTree;
+    template <typename, typename> friend struct TopicTree;
 
 private:
     /* We use a factory */
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct Subscriber {
     }
 };
 
-template <typename T>
+template <typename T, typename B>
 struct TopicTree {
 
     enum IteratorFlags {
@@ -275,6 +275,27 @@ struct TopicTree {
         }
     }
 
+    /* Big messages bypass all buffering and land directly in backpressure */
+    template <typename F>
+    bool publishBig(Subscriber *sender, std::string_view topic, B &&bigMessage, F cb) {
+        /* Do we even have this topic? */
+        auto it = topics.find(topic);
+        if (it == topics.end()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /* For all subscribers in topic */
+        for (Subscriber *s : *it->second) {
+
+            /* If we are sender then ignore us */
+            if (sender != s) {
+                cb(s, bigMessage);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /* Linear in number of affected subscribers */
     bool publish(Subscriber *sender, std::string_view topic, T &&message) {
         /* Do we even have this topic? */
@@ -290,12 +311,18 @@ struct TopicTree {
             drain();
         }
 
+        /* If nobody references this message, don't buffer it */
+        bool referencedMessage = false;
+
         /* For all subscribers in topic */
         for (Subscriber *s : *it->second) {
 
             /* If we are sender then ignore us */
             if (sender != s) {
 
+                /* At least one subscriber wants this message */
+                referencedMessage = true;
+
                 /* If we already have too many outgoing messages on this subscriber, drain it now */
                 if (s->numMessageIndices == 32) {
                     /* This one does not need to check needsDrainage here but still does. */
@@ -318,10 +345,13 @@ struct TopicTree {
         }
 
         /* Push this message and return with success */
-        outgoingMessages.emplace_back(message);
-        return true;
-    }
+        if (referencedMessage) {
+            outgoingMessages.emplace_back(message);
+        }
 
+        /* Success if someone wants it */
+        return referencedMessage;
+    }
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/WebSocket.h b/src/WebSocket.h
index f5c10a3fb..ed9c508c1 100644
--- a/src/WebSocket.h
+++ b/src/WebSocket.h
@@ -304,9 +304,15 @@ struct WebSocket : AsyncSocket<SSL> {
         }
 
         /* Publish as sender, does not receive its own messages even if subscribed to relevant topics */
-        bool success = webSocketContextData->topicTree->publish(webSocketData->subscriber, topic, {std::string(message), opCode, compress});
+        if (message.length() >= LoopData::CORK_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+            return webSocketContextData->topicTree->publishBig(webSocketData->subscriber, topic, {message, opCode, compress}, [](Subscriber *s, TopicTreeBigMessage &message) {
+                auto *ws = (WebSocket<SSL, true, int> *) s->user;
 
-        return success;
+                ws->send(message.message, (OpCode)message.opCode, message.compress);
+            });
+        } else {
+            return webSocketContextData->topicTree->publish(webSocketData->subscriber, topic, {std::string(message), opCode, compress});
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/WebSocketContext.h b/src/WebSocketContext.h
index cd4acbf38..f9fad2662 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketContext.h
+++ b/src/WebSocketContext.h
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ struct WebSocketContext {
 
 public:
     /* WebSocket contexts are always child contexts to a HTTP context so no SSL options are needed as they are inherited */
-    static WebSocketContext *create(Loop */*loop*/, us_socket_context_t *parentSocketContext, TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage> *topicTree) {
+    static WebSocketContext *create(Loop */*loop*/, us_socket_context_t *parentSocketContext, TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage> *topicTree) {
         WebSocketContext *webSocketContext = (WebSocketContext *) us_create_child_socket_context(SSL, parentSocketContext, sizeof(WebSocketContextData<SSL, USERDATA>));
         if (!webSocketContext) {
             return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/WebSocketContextData.h b/src/WebSocketContextData.h
index 06138e7ff..ccd1530e2 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketContextData.h
+++ b/src/WebSocketContextData.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct WebSocketContextData {
 public:
 
     /* This one points to the App's shared topicTree */
-    TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage> *topicTree;
+    TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage> *topicTree;
 
     /* The callbacks for this context */
     MoveOnlyFunction<void(WebSocket<SSL, true, USERDATA> *)> openHandler = nullptr;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct WebSocketContextData {
 
     }
 
-    WebSocketContextData(TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage> *topicTree) : topicTree(topicTree) {
+    WebSocketContextData(TopicTree<TopicTreeMessage, TopicTreeBigMessage> *topicTree) : topicTree(topicTree) {
 
     }
 };