diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index adf663a..aacc25b 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ criterion = "0.5"
 secured-enclave = { path = "../enclave/" }
 secured-cipher = { path = "../cipher/" }
 
-[[bench]]
-name = "enclave"
-path = "src/enclave.rs"
-harness = false
-
 [[bench]]
 name = "chacha20"
 path = "src/chacha20.rs"
diff --git a/benches/src/chacha20.rs b/benches/src/chacha20.rs
index 529cd7b..ef4a567 100644
--- a/benches/src/chacha20.rs
+++ b/benches/src/chacha20.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
-use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion, Throughput};
+use criterion::{
+  criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion, PlotConfiguration, Throughput,
+};
 use secured_cipher::chacha20::{ChaChaStream, KEY_SIZE, NONCE_SIZE};
 
 const KB: usize = 1024;
 
 fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
   let mut group = c.benchmark_group("ChaChaStream");
-
-  for size in &[KB, 2 * KB, 4 * KB, 8 * KB, 16 * KB] {
+  let plot_config = PlotConfiguration::default().summary_scale(criterion::AxisScale::Logarithmic);
+  group.plot_config(plot_config);
+
+  for size in &[
+    KB,
+    2 * KB,
+    4 * KB,
+    8 * KB,
+    16 * KB,
+    32 * KB,
+    64 * KB,
+    128 * KB,
+    256 * KB,
+  ] {
     let key = [0u8; KEY_SIZE];
     let iv = [1u8; NONCE_SIZE];
 
     group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(*size as u64));
 
-    group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("new", size), size, |b, &_size| {
-      b.iter(|| ChaChaStream::new(key, iv));
-    });
+    // group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("new", size), size, |b, &_size| {
+    //   b.iter(|| ChaChaStream::new(key, iv));
+    // });
 
     let mut stream = ChaChaStream::new(key, iv);
     group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("process", size), size, |b, &_size| {
diff --git a/benches/src/enclave.rs b/benches/src/enclave.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index dff6ba6..0000000
--- a/benches/src/enclave.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion, Throughput};
-use secured_cipher::chacha20::{KEY_SIZE, NONCE_SIZE};
-use secured_enclave::Enclave;
-
-const KB: usize = 1024;
-
-fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
-  let mut group = c.benchmark_group("enclave");
-
-  for size in &[KB, 2 * KB, 4 * KB, 8 * KB, 16 * KB] {
-    let key = [0u8; KEY_SIZE];
-
-    group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(*size as u64));
-    group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("encrypt", size), size, |b, &_size| {
-      b.iter(|| {
-        let buf = vec![0u8; *size];
-        Enclave::from_plain_bytes("Metadata", key, buf)
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  group.finish();
-}
-
-criterion_group!(benches, bench);
-criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/cipher/src/chacha20/core.rs b/cipher/src/chacha20/core.rs
index 75a5611..d6292ca 100644
--- a/cipher/src/chacha20/core.rs
+++ b/cipher/src/chacha20/core.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ pub fn seek_keystream(state: &[u32; 16], n: u64) -> [u32; 16] {
   keystream
 }
 
+/// XORs two 512-bit state arrays.
+/// This function modifies the first array in place.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+/// * `a` - A mutable reference to the first state array.
+/// * `b` - A reference to the second state array.
+///
+/// # Panics
+/// Panics if the two arrays are not of equal length.
+pub fn xor(left: &mut [u32], right: &[u32]) {
+  assert_eq!(
+    left.len(),
+    right.len(),
+    "State arrays must be of equal length"
+  );
+  left
+    .iter_mut()
+    .zip(right.iter())
+    .for_each(|(left, right)| *left ^= *right);
+}
+
 /// Safely increments the 2-word block counter of the ChaCha20 state.
 ///
 /// This function increments the lower 32 bits of the counter and, if there is an overflow,
diff --git a/cipher/src/chacha20/stream.rs b/cipher/src/chacha20/stream.rs
index 37d660b..dc4a92b 100644
--- a/cipher/src/chacha20/stream.rs
+++ b/cipher/src/chacha20/stream.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{Bytes, Slice};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 use super::core::{
-  chacha20_rounds, safe_2words_counter_increment, seek_keystream, to_u32_slice, u32_to_u8_vec,
+  chacha20_rounds, safe_2words_counter_increment, seek_keystream, to_u32_slice, u32_to_u8_vec, xor,
   CONSTANTS, STATE_WORDS,
 };
 
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ impl ChaChaStream {
 
     // The block counter occupies the next two words (13th and 14th positions) in the state.
     // In ChaCha20, this counter is used to make each block unique.
-    // Here, it's initialized from the first half of the 8-byte IV (initialization vector).
+    // We skip those they are set to zero already.
+    // Here, we use the last 8-byte space of the block for the IV (initialization vector).
     let iv_chunks = iv.chunks_exact(4);
     for (val, chunk) in state[14..16].iter_mut().zip(iv_chunks) {
       *val = u32::from_le_bytes(chunk.try_into().unwrap());
@@ -119,20 +120,20 @@ impl ChaChaStream {
     // Wrap the state in an Arc to allow for parallel processing
     let arc_state = Arc::new(self.state);
 
-    // Process each 64-byte block in parallel
-    out.par_chunks_mut(64).enumerate().for_each(|(i, chunk)| {
-      let chunk_keystream = seek_keystream(&arc_state, i as u64);
-
-      for (k, out_elem) in chunk.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-        if k >= chunk_keystream.len() {
-          // If the chunk is smaller than 64 bytes, the keystream will be shorter than 64 bytes.
-          break;
-        }
-
-        // XOR the output with the keystream
-        *out_elem ^= chunk_keystream[k];
-      }
-    });
+    // Process each chunk of 8 blocks in parallel
+    out
+      .par_chunks_mut(128)
+      .enumerate()
+      .for_each(|(i, blocks_chunk)| {
+        blocks_chunk
+          .chunks_mut(STATE_WORDS)
+          .enumerate()
+          .for_each(|(j, block)| {
+            // Cipher each 64-byte block in the chunk
+            let chunk_keystream = seek_keystream(&arc_state, (i + j) as u64);
+            xor(block, &chunk_keystream);
+          });
+      });
 
     // Clear the keystream
     self.clear_stream();
@@ -164,13 +165,11 @@ mod tests {
     0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20,
   ];
   const CIPHERTEXT: [u8; 100] = [
-    0x92, 0x96, 0x40, 0xC6, 0x6F, 0x7A, 0xA6, 0x3E, 0x40, 0x5E, 0x1B, 0x1D, 0x94, 0xA4, 0x8D, 0x69,
-    0xC7, 0x16, 0xBE, 0xDF, 0x8D, 0xD2, 0xE6, 0xDA, 0xDE, 0xF7, 0xD5, 0xE7, 0x15, 0x18, 0x51, 0x5D,
-    0x40, 0x67, 0x67, 0x60, 0x8A, 0x00, 0x82, 0xE1, 0x37, 0x97, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFA, 0xAC, 0xD1, 0x14,
-    0x09, 0xC5, 0x00, 0x32, 0xB1, 0xD0, 0xF1, 0xBD, 0x69, 0x7C, 0x3F, 0x93, 0x27, 0xDA, 0xDD, 0xF1,
-    0x63, 0x75, 0x72, 0x61, 0x20, 0x63, 0x68, 0x65, 0x20, 0x6C, 0x61, 0x20, 0x64, 0x69, 0x72, 0x69,
-    0x74, 0x74, 0x61, 0x20, 0x76, 0x69, 0x61, 0x20, 0x65, 0x72, 0x61, 0x20, 0x73, 0x6D, 0x61, 0x72,
-    0x72, 0x69, 0x74, 0x61,
+    146, 150, 64, 198, 111, 122, 166, 62, 64, 94, 27, 29, 148, 164, 141, 105, 199, 22, 190, 223,
+    141, 210, 230, 218, 222, 247, 213, 231, 21, 24, 81, 93, 64, 103, 103, 96, 138, 0, 130, 225, 55,
+    151, 65, 97, 250, 172, 209, 20, 9, 197, 0, 50, 177, 208, 241, 189, 105, 124, 63, 147, 39, 218,
+    221, 241, 191, 134, 94, 135, 34, 124, 180, 33, 15, 18, 30, 88, 156, 237, 156, 97, 222, 15, 182,
+    145, 219, 223, 238, 218, 213, 234, 199, 179, 20, 20, 16, 89, 91, 122, 114, 33,
   ];
   const IV: [u8; 8] = [0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7, 0x8];