diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index fc69aa9..1ae9e81 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
         }
       }
     ],
-    "@babel/preset-typescript"
+    ["@babel/preset-typescript", {
+      "allowNamespaces": true
+    }]
   ],
   "plugins": [
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread",
diff --git a/babel.config.json b/babel.config.json
index fc69aa9..1ae9e81 100644
--- a/babel.config.json
+++ b/babel.config.json
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
         }
       }
     ],
-    "@babel/preset-typescript"
+    ["@babel/preset-typescript", {
+      "allowNamespaces": true
+    }]
   ],
   "plugins": [
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread",
diff --git a/babel.web.config.json b/babel.web.config.json
index d495526..1c31a8a 100644
--- a/babel.web.config.json
+++ b/babel.web.config.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
         "modules": false
       }
     ],
-    "@babel/preset-typescript"
+    ["@babel/preset-typescript", {
+      "allowNamespaces": true
+    }]
   ],
   "plugins": [
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 301b1aa..fdb8381 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rm -rf lib && rm -rf dist",
     "build": "yarn run build:node && yarn run build:web && yarn run build:types",
-    "build:node": "babel --config-file ./babel.config.json src --copy-files -x .ts -d dist --source-maps",
-    "build:web": "babel --config-file ./babel.web.config.json src --copy-files -x .ts -d lib --source-maps",
+    "build:node": "babel --no-babelrc --config-file ./babel.config.json src --copy-files -x .ts -d dist --source-maps",
+    "build:web": "babel --no-babelrc --config-file ./babel.web.config.json src --copy-files -x .ts -d lib --source-maps",
     "build:types": "tsc --declaration --outDir dist --emitDeclarationOnly",
+    "proto:gen": "pbjs -t static-module -o ./src/proto/payload.js ./src/proto/payload.proto && pbts -o ./src/proto/payload.d.ts ./src/proto/payload.js && yarn run lint --fix",
     "check-types": "tsc --incremental --noEmit",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .ts src/",
     "pretest": "yarn check-types",
diff --git a/src/proto/payload.d.ts b/src/proto/payload.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4783402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto/payload.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import * as $protobuf from "protobufjs";
+/** Namespace pb. */
+export namespace pb {
+
+  /** Properties of a NoiseHandshakePayload. */
+  interface INoiseHandshakePayload {
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload identityKey */
+    identityKey?: (Uint8Array|null);
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload identitySig */
+    identitySig?: (Uint8Array|null);
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload data */
+    data?: (Uint8Array|null);
+  }
+
+  /** Represents a NoiseHandshakePayload. */
+  class NoiseHandshakePayload implements INoiseHandshakePayload {
+
+    /**
+         * Constructs a new NoiseHandshakePayload.
+         * @param [properties] Properties to set
+         */
+    constructor(properties?: pb.INoiseHandshakePayload);
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload identityKey. */
+    public identityKey: Uint8Array;
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload identitySig. */
+    public identitySig: Uint8Array;
+
+    /** NoiseHandshakePayload data. */
+    public data: Uint8Array;
+
+    /**
+         * Creates a new NoiseHandshakePayload instance using the specified properties.
+         * @param [properties] Properties to set
+         * @returns NoiseHandshakePayload instance
+         */
+    public static create(properties?: pb.INoiseHandshakePayload): pb.NoiseHandshakePayload;
+
+    /**
+         * Encodes the specified NoiseHandshakePayload message. Does not implicitly {@link pb.NoiseHandshakePayload.verify|verify} messages.
+         * @param message NoiseHandshakePayload message or plain object to encode
+         * @param [writer] Writer to encode to
+         * @returns Writer
+         */
+    public static encode(message: pb.INoiseHandshakePayload, writer?: $protobuf.Writer): $protobuf.Writer;
+
+    /**
+         * Encodes the specified NoiseHandshakePayload message, length delimited. Does not implicitly {@link pb.NoiseHandshakePayload.verify|verify} messages.
+         * @param message NoiseHandshakePayload message or plain object to encode
+         * @param [writer] Writer to encode to
+         * @returns Writer
+         */
+    public static encodeDelimited(message: pb.INoiseHandshakePayload, writer?: $protobuf.Writer): $protobuf.Writer;
+
+    /**
+         * Decodes a NoiseHandshakePayload message from the specified reader or buffer.
+         * @param reader Reader or buffer to decode from
+         * @param [length] Message length if known beforehand
+         * @returns NoiseHandshakePayload
+         * @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
+         * @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
+         */
+    public static decode(reader: ($protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array), length?: number): pb.NoiseHandshakePayload;
+
+    /**
+         * Decodes a NoiseHandshakePayload message from the specified reader or buffer, length delimited.
+         * @param reader Reader or buffer to decode from
+         * @returns NoiseHandshakePayload
+         * @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
+         * @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
+         */
+    public static decodeDelimited(reader: ($protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array)): pb.NoiseHandshakePayload;
+
+    /**
+         * Verifies a NoiseHandshakePayload message.
+         * @param message Plain object to verify
+         * @returns `null` if valid, otherwise the reason why it is not
+         */
+    public static verify(message: { [k: string]: any }): (string|null);
+
+    /**
+         * Creates a NoiseHandshakePayload message from a plain object. Also converts values to their respective internal types.
+         * @param object Plain object
+         * @returns NoiseHandshakePayload
+         */
+    public static fromObject(object: { [k: string]: any }): pb.NoiseHandshakePayload;
+
+    /**
+         * Creates a plain object from a NoiseHandshakePayload message. Also converts values to other types if specified.
+         * @param message NoiseHandshakePayload
+         * @param [options] Conversion options
+         * @returns Plain object
+         */
+    public static toObject(message: pb.NoiseHandshakePayload, options?: $protobuf.IConversionOptions): { [k: string]: any };
+
+    /**
+         * Converts this NoiseHandshakePayload to JSON.
+         * @returns JSON object
+         */
+    public toJSON(): { [k: string]: any };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/proto/payload.js b/src/proto/payload.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff28de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto/payload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+/*eslint-disable block-scoped-var, id-length, no-control-regex, no-magic-numbers, no-prototype-builtins, no-redeclare, no-shadow, no-var, sort-vars*/
+(function(global, factory) { /* global define, require, module */
+
+    /* AMD */ if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd)
+        define(["protobufjs/minimal"], factory);
+
+    /* CommonJS */ else if (typeof require === 'function' && typeof module === 'object' && module && module.exports)
+        module.exports = factory(require("protobufjs/minimal"));
+
+})(this, function($protobuf) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    // Common aliases
+    var $Reader = $protobuf.Reader, $Writer = $protobuf.Writer, $util = $protobuf.util;
+    
+    // Exported root namespace
+    var $root = $protobuf.roots["default"] || ($protobuf.roots["default"] = {});
+    
+    $root.pb = (function() {
+    
+        /**
+         * Namespace pb.
+         * @exports pb
+         * @namespace
+         */
+        var pb = {};
+    
+        pb.NoiseHandshakePayload = (function() {
+    
+            /**
+             * Properties of a NoiseHandshakePayload.
+             * @memberof pb
+             * @interface INoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @property {Uint8Array|null} [identityKey] NoiseHandshakePayload identityKey
+             * @property {Uint8Array|null} [identitySig] NoiseHandshakePayload identitySig
+             * @property {Uint8Array|null} [data] NoiseHandshakePayload data
+             */
+    
+            /**
+             * Constructs a new NoiseHandshakePayload.
+             * @memberof pb
+             * @classdesc Represents a NoiseHandshakePayload.
+             * @implements INoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @constructor
+             * @param {pb.INoiseHandshakePayload=} [properties] Properties to set
+             */
+            function NoiseHandshakePayload(properties) {
+                if (properties)
+                    for (var keys = Object.keys(properties), i = 0; i < keys.length; ++i)
+                        if (properties[keys[i]] != null)
+                            this[keys[i]] = properties[keys[i]];
+            }
+    
+            /**
+             * NoiseHandshakePayload identityKey.
+             * @member {Uint8Array} identityKey
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @instance
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.prototype.identityKey = $util.newBuffer([]);
+    
+            /**
+             * NoiseHandshakePayload identitySig.
+             * @member {Uint8Array} identitySig
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @instance
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.prototype.identitySig = $util.newBuffer([]);
+    
+            /**
+             * NoiseHandshakePayload data.
+             * @member {Uint8Array} data
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @instance
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.prototype.data = $util.newBuffer([]);
+    
+            /**
+             * Creates a new NoiseHandshakePayload instance using the specified properties.
+             * @function create
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {pb.INoiseHandshakePayload=} [properties] Properties to set
+             * @returns {pb.NoiseHandshakePayload} NoiseHandshakePayload instance
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.create = function create(properties) {
+                return new NoiseHandshakePayload(properties);
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Encodes the specified NoiseHandshakePayload message. Does not implicitly {@link pb.NoiseHandshakePayload.verify|verify} messages.
+             * @function encode
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {pb.INoiseHandshakePayload} message NoiseHandshakePayload message or plain object to encode
+             * @param {$protobuf.Writer} [writer] Writer to encode to
+             * @returns {$protobuf.Writer} Writer
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.encode = function encode(message, writer) {
+                if (!writer)
+                    writer = $Writer.create();
+                if (message.identityKey != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identityKey"))
+                    writer.uint32(/* id 1, wireType 2 =*/10).bytes(message.identityKey);
+                if (message.identitySig != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identitySig"))
+                    writer.uint32(/* id 2, wireType 2 =*/18).bytes(message.identitySig);
+                if (message.data != null && message.hasOwnProperty("data"))
+                    writer.uint32(/* id 3, wireType 2 =*/26).bytes(message.data);
+                return writer;
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Encodes the specified NoiseHandshakePayload message, length delimited. Does not implicitly {@link pb.NoiseHandshakePayload.verify|verify} messages.
+             * @function encodeDelimited
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {pb.INoiseHandshakePayload} message NoiseHandshakePayload message or plain object to encode
+             * @param {$protobuf.Writer} [writer] Writer to encode to
+             * @returns {$protobuf.Writer} Writer
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.encodeDelimited = function encodeDelimited(message, writer) {
+                return this.encode(message, writer).ldelim();
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Decodes a NoiseHandshakePayload message from the specified reader or buffer.
+             * @function decode
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {$protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array} reader Reader or buffer to decode from
+             * @param {number} [length] Message length if known beforehand
+             * @returns {pb.NoiseHandshakePayload} NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
+             * @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.decode = function decode(reader, length) {
+                if (!(reader instanceof $Reader))
+                    reader = $Reader.create(reader);
+                var end = length === undefined ? reader.len : reader.pos + length, message = new $root.pb.NoiseHandshakePayload();
+                while (reader.pos < end) {
+                    var tag = reader.uint32();
+                    switch (tag >>> 3) {
+                    case 1:
+                        message.identityKey = reader.bytes();
+                        break;
+                    case 2:
+                        message.identitySig = reader.bytes();
+                        break;
+                    case 3:
+                        message.data = reader.bytes();
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        reader.skipType(tag & 7);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                return message;
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Decodes a NoiseHandshakePayload message from the specified reader or buffer, length delimited.
+             * @function decodeDelimited
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {$protobuf.Reader|Uint8Array} reader Reader or buffer to decode from
+             * @returns {pb.NoiseHandshakePayload} NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @throws {Error} If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer
+             * @throws {$protobuf.util.ProtocolError} If required fields are missing
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.decodeDelimited = function decodeDelimited(reader) {
+                if (!(reader instanceof $Reader))
+                    reader = new $Reader(reader);
+                return this.decode(reader, reader.uint32());
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Verifies a NoiseHandshakePayload message.
+             * @function verify
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {Object.<string,*>} message Plain object to verify
+             * @returns {string|null} `null` if valid, otherwise the reason why it is not
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.verify = function verify(message) {
+                if (typeof message !== "object" || message === null)
+                    return "object expected";
+                if (message.identityKey != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identityKey"))
+                    if (!(message.identityKey && typeof message.identityKey.length === "number" || $util.isString(message.identityKey)))
+                        return "identityKey: buffer expected";
+                if (message.identitySig != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identitySig"))
+                    if (!(message.identitySig && typeof message.identitySig.length === "number" || $util.isString(message.identitySig)))
+                        return "identitySig: buffer expected";
+                if (message.data != null && message.hasOwnProperty("data"))
+                    if (!(message.data && typeof message.data.length === "number" || $util.isString(message.data)))
+                        return "data: buffer expected";
+                return null;
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Creates a NoiseHandshakePayload message from a plain object. Also converts values to their respective internal types.
+             * @function fromObject
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {Object.<string,*>} object Plain object
+             * @returns {pb.NoiseHandshakePayload} NoiseHandshakePayload
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.fromObject = function fromObject(object) {
+                if (object instanceof $root.pb.NoiseHandshakePayload)
+                    return object;
+                var message = new $root.pb.NoiseHandshakePayload();
+                if (object.identityKey != null)
+                    if (typeof object.identityKey === "string")
+                        $util.base64.decode(object.identityKey, message.identityKey = $util.newBuffer($util.base64.length(object.identityKey)), 0);
+                    else if (object.identityKey.length)
+                        message.identityKey = object.identityKey;
+                if (object.identitySig != null)
+                    if (typeof object.identitySig === "string")
+                        $util.base64.decode(object.identitySig, message.identitySig = $util.newBuffer($util.base64.length(object.identitySig)), 0);
+                    else if (object.identitySig.length)
+                        message.identitySig = object.identitySig;
+                if (object.data != null)
+                    if (typeof object.data === "string")
+                        $util.base64.decode(object.data, message.data = $util.newBuffer($util.base64.length(object.data)), 0);
+                    else if (object.data.length)
+                        message.data = object.data;
+                return message;
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Creates a plain object from a NoiseHandshakePayload message. Also converts values to other types if specified.
+             * @function toObject
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @static
+             * @param {pb.NoiseHandshakePayload} message NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @param {$protobuf.IConversionOptions} [options] Conversion options
+             * @returns {Object.<string,*>} Plain object
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.toObject = function toObject(message, options) {
+                if (!options)
+                    options = {};
+                var object = {};
+                if (options.defaults) {
+                    if (options.bytes === String)
+                        object.identityKey = "";
+                    else {
+                        object.identityKey = [];
+                        if (options.bytes !== Array)
+                            object.identityKey = $util.newBuffer(object.identityKey);
+                    }
+                    if (options.bytes === String)
+                        object.identitySig = "";
+                    else {
+                        object.identitySig = [];
+                        if (options.bytes !== Array)
+                            object.identitySig = $util.newBuffer(object.identitySig);
+                    }
+                    if (options.bytes === String)
+                        object.data = "";
+                    else {
+                        object.data = [];
+                        if (options.bytes !== Array)
+                            object.data = $util.newBuffer(object.data);
+                    }
+                }
+                if (message.identityKey != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identityKey"))
+                    object.identityKey = options.bytes === String ? $util.base64.encode(message.identityKey, 0, message.identityKey.length) : options.bytes === Array ? Array.prototype.slice.call(message.identityKey) : message.identityKey;
+                if (message.identitySig != null && message.hasOwnProperty("identitySig"))
+                    object.identitySig = options.bytes === String ? $util.base64.encode(message.identitySig, 0, message.identitySig.length) : options.bytes === Array ? Array.prototype.slice.call(message.identitySig) : message.identitySig;
+                if (message.data != null && message.hasOwnProperty("data"))
+                    object.data = options.bytes === String ? $util.base64.encode(message.data, 0, message.data.length) : options.bytes === Array ? Array.prototype.slice.call(message.data) : message.data;
+                return object;
+            };
+    
+            /**
+             * Converts this NoiseHandshakePayload to JSON.
+             * @function toJSON
+             * @memberof pb.NoiseHandshakePayload
+             * @instance
+             * @returns {Object.<string,*>} JSON object
+             */
+            NoiseHandshakePayload.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
+                return this.constructor.toObject(this, $protobuf.util.toJSONOptions);
+            };
+    
+            return NoiseHandshakePayload;
+        })();
+    
+        return pb;
+    })();
+
+    return $root;
+});
diff --git a/src/proto/payload.json b/src/proto/payload.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b3952d8..0000000
--- a/src/proto/payload.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "nested": {
-    "NoiseHandshakePayload": {
-      "fields": {
-        "identityKey": {
-          "type": "bytes",
-          "id": 1
-        },
-        "identitySig": {
-          "type": "bytes",
-          "id": 2
-        },
-        "data": {
-          "type": "bytes",
-          "id": 3
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/proto/payload.proto b/src/proto/payload.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05a78c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto/payload.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+package pb;
+
+message NoiseHandshakePayload {
+	bytes identity_key = 1;
+	bytes identity_sig = 2;
+	bytes data = 3;
+}