diff --git a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/Transformer.scala b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/Transformer.scala
index e98d05f..8628822 100644
--- a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/Transformer.scala
+++ b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/Transformer.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import akka.annotation.InternalApi
 
 import javax.crypto.Cipher
 import javax.crypto.spec.{GCMParameterSpec, SecretKeySpec}
-import net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Factory
+import net.jpountz.lz4.{LZ4Exception, LZ4Factory}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@ class LZ4KryoCompressor extends Transformer {
   override def toBinary(inputBuff: Array[Byte], outputBuff: ByteBuffer): Unit = {
     val inputSize = inputBuff.length
     val lz4 = lz4factory.fastCompressor
-    lz4.maxCompressedLength(inputSize)
     // encode 32 bit length in the first bytes
     outputBuff.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putInt(inputSize)
-    lz4.compress(ByteBuffer.wrap(inputBuff), outputBuff)
+    try {
+      lz4.compress(ByteBuffer.wrap(inputBuff), outputBuff)
+    } catch {
+      case e: LZ4Exception =>
+        throw new RuntimeException(s"Compression failed for input buffer size: ${inputBuff.length} and output buffer size: ${outputBuff.capacity()}", e)
+    }
   }
 
   override def fromBinary(inputBuff: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = {
diff --git a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/serializer/akka/ActorRefSerializer.scala b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/serializer/akka/ActorRefSerializer.scala
index 37ec2aa..c11fdcb 100644
--- a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/serializer/akka/ActorRefSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/main/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/serializer/akka/ActorRefSerializer.scala
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ class ActorRefSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Serializer[Act
 
   override def read(kryo: Kryo, input: Input, typ: Class[_ <: ActorRef]): ActorRef = {
     val path = input.readString()
+    println("deserializing actor ref " + typ + "for path: " + path)
     system.provider.resolveActorRef(path)
   }
 
   override def write(kryo: Kryo, output: Output, obj: ActorRef): Unit = {
+    println("serializing actor ref " + obj)
     output.writeAscii(Serialization.serializedActorPath(obj))
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/LZ4KryoCompressorTest.scala b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/LZ4KryoCompressorTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e247829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/akka/serialization/kryo/LZ4KryoCompressorTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.altoo.akka.serialization.kryo
+
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+
+class LZ4KryoCompressorTest  extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+
+  it should "serialize short message" in {
+    // arrange
+    val compressor = new LZ4KryoCompressor()
+    val data = Seq[Byte](0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).toArray
+    val buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(2* data.length)
+
+    // act & assert
+    compressor.toBinary(data, buffer)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/testing/SampleMessage.scala b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/testing/SampleMessage.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c84fa98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-kryo-serialization/src/test/scala/io/altoo/testing/SampleMessage.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package io.altoo.testing
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+
+case class SampleMessage(actorRef: ActorRef) extends Serializable