diff --git a/SocketIOClient.uplugin b/SocketIOClient.uplugin
index 60036a9..5875bd5 100644
--- a/SocketIOClient.uplugin
+++ b/SocketIOClient.uplugin
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"FileVersion": 3,
 	"Version": 1,
-	"VersionName": "2.5.7",
+	"VersionName": "2.5.8",
 	"EngineVersion": "5.1",
 	"FriendlyName": "Socket.IO Client",
 	"Description": "Real-time WebSocket networking via Socket.IO protocol usable from blueprints and c++.",
diff --git a/Source/SIOJson/Private/SIOJsonObject.cpp b/Source/SIOJson/Private/SIOJsonObject.cpp
index 2f2168a..0a7dc82 100644
--- a/Source/SIOJson/Private/SIOJsonObject.cpp
+++ b/Source/SIOJson/Private/SIOJsonObject.cpp
@@ -345,12 +345,19 @@ void USIOJsonObject::SetObjectField(const FString& FieldName, USIOJsonObject* Js
 
 void USIOJsonObject::GetBinaryField(const FString& FieldName, TArray<uint8>& OutBinary) const
 {
+	
 	if (!JsonObj->HasTypedField<EJson::String>(FieldName))
 	{
 		UE_LOG(LogSIOJ, Warning, TEXT("No field with name %s of type String"), *FieldName);
 	}
 	TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> JsonValue = JsonObj->TryGetField(FieldName);
 
+	if (!JsonValue)
+	{
+		UE_LOG(LogSIOJ, Warning, TEXT("JsonValue is null for %s, aborting parse."), *FieldName);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (FJsonValueBinary::IsBinary(JsonValue))
 	{
 		OutBinary = FJsonValueBinary::AsBinary(JsonValue);
diff --git a/Source/SocketIOLib/Private/internal/sio_packet.cpp b/Source/SocketIOLib/Private/internal/sio_packet.cpp
index 22a41bb..bf6e085 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIOLib/Private/internal/sio_packet.cpp
+++ b/Source/SocketIOLib/Private/internal/sio_packet.cpp
@@ -504,15 +504,14 @@ namespace sio
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            else if (packet::is_binary_message(payload) || (m_partial_packet && !isdigit(payload[0])))
+
+            //In current socket.io version, it doesn't appear binary payloads come with a frame message.
+            else if (m_partial_packet && payload.size() > 0)
             {
-                if (m_partial_packet)
+                if (!m_partial_packet->parse_buffer(payload))
                 {
-                    if (!m_partial_packet->parse_buffer(payload))
-                    {
-                        p = std::move(m_partial_packet);
-                        break;
-                    }
+                    p = std::move(m_partial_packet);
+                    break;
                 }
             }
             else