diff --git a/lib/parser/javascript.js b/lib/parser/javascript.js
index f58a46d15e..d5755e9959 100644
--- a/lib/parser/javascript.js
+++ b/lib/parser/javascript.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RedisReplyParser.prototype.reset = function () {
 
     this.multi_bulk_length = 0;
     this.multi_bulk_replies = null;
+    this.multi_bulk_pos = 0;
     this.multi_bulk_nested_length = 0;
     this.multi_bulk_nested_replies = null;
 };
@@ -136,16 +137,20 @@ RedisReplyParser.prototype.execute = function (incoming_buf) {
                 if (this.multi_bulk_length) { // nested multi-bulk
                     this.multi_bulk_nested_length = this.multi_bulk_length;
                     this.multi_bulk_nested_replies = this.multi_bulk_replies;
+                    this.multi_bulk_nested_pos = this.multi_bulk_pos;
                 }
                 this.multi_bulk_length = +this.tmp_string;
-                this.multi_bulk_replies = [];
+                this.multi_bulk_pos = 0;
                 this.state = "type";
                 if (this.multi_bulk_length < 0) {
                     this.send_reply(null);
                     this.multi_bulk_length = 0;
                 } else if (this.multi_bulk_length === 0) {
+                    this.multi_bulk_pos = 0;
                     this.multi_bulk_replies = null;
                     this.send_reply([]);
+                } else {
+                    this.multi_bulk_replies = new Array(this.multi_bulk_length);
                 }
             } else {
                 this.parser_error(new Error("didn't see LF after NL reading multi bulk count"));
@@ -265,8 +270,9 @@ RedisReplyParser.prototype.send_reply = function (reply) {
 
 RedisReplyParser.prototype.add_multi_bulk_reply = function (reply) {
     if (this.multi_bulk_replies) {
-        this.multi_bulk_replies.push(reply);
-        if (this.multi_bulk_replies.length < this.multi_bulk_length) {
+        this.multi_bulk_replies[this.multi_bulk_pos] = reply;
+        this.multi_bulk_pos += 1;
+        if (this.multi_bulk_pos < this.multi_bulk_length) {
             return;
         }
     } else {
@@ -274,17 +280,23 @@ RedisReplyParser.prototype.add_multi_bulk_reply = function (reply) {
     }
 
     if (this.multi_bulk_nested_length > 0) {
-        this.multi_bulk_nested_replies.push(this.multi_bulk_replies);
+        this.multi_bulk_nested_replies[this.multi_bulk_nested_pos] = this.multi_bulk_replies;
+        this.multi_bulk_nested_pos += 1;
+
         this.multi_bulk_length = 0;
-        delete this.multi_bulk_replies;
-        if (this.multi_bulk_nested_length === this.multi_bulk_nested_replies.length) {
+        this.multi_bulk_replies = null;
+        this.multi_bulk_pos = 0;
+
+        if (this.multi_bulk_nested_length === this.multi_bulk_nested_pos) {
             this.emit("reply", this.multi_bulk_nested_replies);
             this.multi_bulk_nested_length = 0;
+            this.multi_bulk_nested_pos = 0;
             this.multi_bulk_nested_replies = null;
         }
     } else {
         this.emit("reply", this.multi_bulk_replies);
         this.multi_bulk_length = 0;
         this.multi_bulk_replies = null;
+        this.multi_bulk_pos = 0;
     }
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c9e1780b6..d69ecab363 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {   "name" : "redis",
-    "version" : "0.4.1",
+    "version" : "0.4.2",
     "description" : "Redis client library",
     "author": "Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>",
     "contributors": [