diff --git a/native/compile-native.sh b/native/compile-native.sh
index f6e6a35a..98baf0e2 100755
--- a/native/compile-native.sh
+++ b/native/compile-native.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CXX="g++ -std=c++11 -shared -fPIC -O3 -Wall -Werror -I$JAVA_HOME/include/ -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux/"
+CXX="g++ -shared -fPIC -O3 -Wall -Werror -I$JAVA_HOME/include/ -I$JAVA_HOME/include/linux/"
 
 $CXX src/main/c/NativeCipherImpl.cpp -o src/main/resources/native-cipher.so -lcrypto
 $CXX src/main/c/NativeCompressImpl.cpp -o src/main/resources/native-compress.so -lz
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/cipher/NativeCipher.java b/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/cipher/NativeCipher.java
index dea5e846..7b0ecb09 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/cipher/NativeCipher.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/cipher/NativeCipher.java
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ public class NativeCipher implements BungeeCipher
 
         // Store how many bytes we can cipher
         int length = in.readableBytes();
+        // Older OpenSSL versions will flip if length <= 0
+        if ( length <= 0 )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // It is important to note that in AES CFB-8 mode, the number of read bytes, is the number of outputted bytes
         out.ensureWritable( length );
 
diff --git a/native/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/NativeCipherTest.java b/native/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/NativeCipherTest.java
index d6af2d95..13ac6f7b 100644
--- a/native/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/NativeCipherTest.java
+++ b/native/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/NativeCipherTest.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public class NativeCipherTest
         for ( int i = 0; i < BENCHMARK_COUNT; i++ )
         {
             cipher.cipher( nativePlain, out );
+            nativePlain.readerIndex( 0 );
             out.clear();
         }
         System.out.println( String.format( "Encryption Iteration: %d, Elapsed: %d ms", BENCHMARK_COUNT, System.currentTimeMillis() - start ) );
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ public class NativeCipherTest
         for ( int i = 0; i < BENCHMARK_COUNT; i++ )
         {
             cipher.cipher( nativeCiphered, out );
+            nativeCiphered.readerIndex( 0 );
             out.clear();
         }
         System.out.println( String.format( "Decryption Iteration: %d, Elapsed: %d ms", BENCHMARK_COUNT, System.currentTimeMillis() - start ) );