diff --git a/common/client-core/src/client/inbound_messages.rs b/common/client-core/src/client/inbound_messages.rs
index 4dcd5ae086..ba34531582 100644
--- a/common/client-core/src/client/inbound_messages.rs
+++ b/common/client-core/src/client/inbound_messages.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2020-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
+use crate::make_bincode_serializer;
+use bincode::Options;
 use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::anonymous_replies::requests::AnonymousSenderTag;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
@@ -13,8 +16,6 @@ use tokio_util::{
     codec::{Decoder, Encoder},
 };
 
-use crate::error::ClientCoreError;
-
 pub type InputMessageSender = tokio_util::sync::PollSender<InputMessage>;
 pub type InputMessageReceiver = tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<InputMessage>;
 
@@ -201,7 +202,9 @@ impl InputMessage {
     }
     #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
     pub fn serialized_size(&self) -> u64 {
-        bincode::serialized_size(self).expect("failed to get serialized InputMessage size")
+        make_bincode_serializer()
+            .serialized_size(self)
+            .expect("failed to get serialized InputMessage size")
             + LENGHT_ENCODING_PREFIX_SIZE as u64
     }
 }
@@ -227,7 +230,9 @@ impl Encoder<InputMessage> for InputMessageCodec {
 
     fn encode(&mut self, item: InputMessage, buf: &mut BytesMut) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
         #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
-        let encoded = bincode::serialize(&item).expect("failed to serialize InputMessage");
+        let encoded = make_bincode_serializer()
+            .serialize(&item)
+            .expect("failed to serialize InputMessage");
         let encoded_len = encoded.len() as u32;
         let mut encoded_with_len = encoded_len.to_le_bytes().to_vec();
         encoded_with_len.extend(encoded);
@@ -255,9 +260,9 @@ impl Decoder for InputMessageCodec {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
-        let decoded = match bincode::deserialize(
-            &buf[LENGHT_ENCODING_PREFIX_SIZE..len + LENGHT_ENCODING_PREFIX_SIZE],
-        ) {
+        let decoded = match make_bincode_serializer()
+            .deserialize(&buf[LENGHT_ENCODING_PREFIX_SIZE..len + LENGHT_ENCODING_PREFIX_SIZE])
+        {
             Ok(decoded) => decoded,
             Err(_) => return Ok(None),
         };
diff --git a/common/client-core/src/lib.rs b/common/client-core/src/lib.rs
index e9f0494039..898e0b880a 100644
--- a/common/client-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/client-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ where
 {
     tokio::spawn(future);
 }
+
+fn make_bincode_serializer() -> impl bincode::Options {
+    use bincode::Options;
+    bincode::DefaultOptions::new()
+        .with_big_endian()
+        .with_varint_encoding()
+}