diff --git a/pkg/plugin/response.go b/pkg/plugin/response.go
index 6c6e214..1c4b1ac 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/response.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/response.go
@@ -42,23 +42,25 @@ func parseStreamResponse(reader io.Reader) backend.DataResponse {
 	lineField := data.NewFieldFromFieldType(data.FieldTypeString, 0)
 	lineField.Name = gLineField
 
-	sc := bufio.NewReader(reader)
+	// aligns with -insert.maxLineSizeBytes
+	br := bufio.NewReaderSize(reader, 256*1024)
+	var parser fastjson.Parser
+	var finishedReading bool
 
-	finishedReading := false
-	n := -1
-	for !finishedReading {
+	for n := 0; !finishedReading; n++ {
 		n++
-		b, err := sc.ReadBytes('\n')
+		b, err := br.ReadBytes('\n')
 		if err != nil {
-			if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) && !errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrBufferFull) {
-				return newResponseError(fmt.Errorf("cannot read line in response: %s", err), backend.StatusInternal)
-			}
 			if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrBufferFull) {
-				// Skip the line if it's too long.
 				backend.Logger.Info("skipping line number #%d: line too long", n)
 				continue
 			}
-			finishedReading = true
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				// b can be != nil when EOF is returned, so we need to process it
+				finishedReading = true
+			} else {
+				return newResponseError(fmt.Errorf("cannot read line in response: %s", err), backend.StatusInternal)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if len(b) == 0 {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ func parseStreamResponse(reader io.Reader) backend.DataResponse {
 		}
 
 		b = bytes.Trim(b, "\n")
-		value, err := fastjson.ParseBytes(b)
+		value, err := parser.ParseBytes(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return newResponseError(fmt.Errorf("error decode response: %s", err), backend.StatusInternal)
 		}