diff --git a/chotki.go b/chotki.go
index 21acefc..dd79ba1 100644
--- a/chotki.go
+++ b/chotki.go
@@ -124,8 +124,21 @@ func (o *Options) SetDefaults() {
 	}
 
 	o.Merger = &pebble.Merger{
-		Name:  "CRDT",
-		Merge: PebbleAdaptorMerge,
+		Name: "CRDT",
+		Merge: func(key, value []byte) (pebble.ValueMerger, error) {
+			/*if len(key) != 10 {
+				return nil, nil
+			}*/
+			target := make([]byte, len(value))
+			copy(target, value)
+			id, rdt := OKeyIdRdt(key)
+			pma := PebbleMergeAdaptor{
+				id:   id,
+				rdt:  rdt,
+				vals: [][]byte{target},
+			}
+			return &pma, nil
+		},
 	}
 
 	if o.Logger == nil {
diff --git a/merge.go b/merge.go
index 6079da4..6a3580a 100644
--- a/merge.go
+++ b/merge.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"slices"
 
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble"
 	"github.com/drpcorg/chotki/rdx"
 )
 
@@ -13,42 +12,23 @@ type Merger interface {
 	Merge(inputs [][]byte) []byte
 }
 
-func PebbleAdaptorMerge(key, value []byte) (pebble.ValueMerger, error) {
-	/*if len(key) != 10 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}*/
-	id, rdt := OKeyIdRdt(key)
-	pma := PebbleMergeAdaptor{
-		id:   id,
-		rdt:  rdt,
-		vals: make([][]byte, 0, 16),
-		bulk: make([]byte, 0, 4096),
-	}
-	pma.AddInput(value)
-	return &pma, nil
-}
-
 type PebbleMergeAdaptor struct {
 	id   rdx.ID
 	rdt  byte
 	old  bool
 	vals [][]byte
-	bulk []byte
-}
-
-func (a *PebbleMergeAdaptor) AddInput(input []byte) {
-	l := len(a.bulk)
-	a.bulk = append(a.bulk, input...)
-	copy(a.bulk[l:], input)
-	a.vals = append(a.vals, a.bulk[l:])
 }
 
 func (a *PebbleMergeAdaptor) MergeNewer(value []byte) error {
-	a.AddInput(value)
+	target := make([]byte, len(value))
+	copy(target, value)
+	a.vals = append(a.vals, target)
 	return nil
 }
 func (a *PebbleMergeAdaptor) MergeOlder(value []byte) error {
-	a.AddInput(value)
+	target := make([]byte, len(value))
+	copy(target, value)
+	a.vals = append(a.vals, target)
 	a.old = true
 	return nil
 }
@@ -62,11 +42,5 @@ func (a *PebbleMergeAdaptor) Finish(includesBase bool) (res []byte, cl io.Closer
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 	res = rdx.Xmerge(a.rdt, inputs)
-	return res, a, nil
-}
-
-func (a *PebbleMergeAdaptor) Close() error {
-	a.vals = nil
-	a.bulk = nil
-	return nil
+	return res, nil, nil
 }