diff --git a/cmd_mem.go b/cmd_mem.go
index b4a5ce3..8ec2f32 100644
--- a/cmd_mem.go
+++ b/cmd_mem.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/kr/logfmt"
@@ -220,6 +221,12 @@ type memRawEvent struct {
 	Type      string
 }
 
+var memRawEventPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &memRawEvent{}
+	},
+}
+
 var ErrUnknownMemField = errors.New("unknown mem field")
 
 func (e *memRawEvent) HandleLogfmt(key []byte, val []byte) (err error) {
@@ -271,12 +278,16 @@ func memJSONParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow memAppendRowFn) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get 'printf' data as string")
 			}
-			var e memRawEvent
-			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, &e)
+			e := memRawEventPool.Get().(*memRawEvent)
+			*e = memRawEvent{}
+			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, e)
 			if err != nil {
+				memRawEventPool.Put(e)
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal logfmt data")
 			}
-			return appendRow(&e)
+			err = appendRow(e)
+			memRawEventPool.Put(e)
+			return err
 		default:
 			log.Warn().Str("type", msgType).Msg("Unknown message type, skipping")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd_net.go b/cmd_net.go
index 8973b89..48216e5 100644
--- a/cmd_net.go
+++ b/cmd_net.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/kr/logfmt"
@@ -240,6 +241,12 @@ type netRawEvent struct {
 	Protocol  string
 }
 
+var netRawEventPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &netRawEvent{}
+	},
+}
+
 var ErrUnknownNetField = errors.New("unknown net field")
 
 func (e *netRawEvent) HandleLogfmt(key []byte, val []byte) (err error) {
@@ -301,12 +308,16 @@ func netJSONParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow netAppendRowFn) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get 'printf' data as string")
 			}
-			var e netRawEvent
-			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, &e)
+			e := netRawEventPool.Get().(*netRawEvent)
+			*e = netRawEvent{}
+			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, e)
 			if err != nil {
+				netRawEventPool.Put(e)
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal logfmt data")
 			}
-			return appendRow(&e)
+			err = appendRow(e)
+			netRawEventPool.Put(e)
+			return err
 		default:
 			log.Warn().Str("type", msgType).Msg("Unknown message type, skipping")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd_proc.go b/cmd_proc.go
index 0f0e3fc..ecaa658 100644
--- a/cmd_proc.go
+++ b/cmd_proc.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/kr/logfmt"
@@ -220,6 +221,12 @@ type procRawEvent struct {
 	ExitCode  int64
 }
 
+var procRawEventPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &procRawEvent{}
+	},
+}
+
 var ErrUnknownProcField = errors.New("unknown proc field")
 
 func (e *procRawEvent) HandleLogfmt(key []byte, val []byte) (err error) {
@@ -271,12 +278,16 @@ func procJSONParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow procAppendRowFn) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get 'printf' data as string")
 			}
-			var e procRawEvent
-			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, &e)
+			e := procRawEventPool.Get().(*procRawEvent)
+			*e = procRawEvent{}
+			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, e)
 			if err != nil {
+				procRawEventPool.Put(e)
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal logfmt data")
 			}
-			return appendRow(&e)
+			err = appendRow(e)
+			procRawEventPool.Put(e)
+			return err
 		default:
 			log.Warn().Str("type", msgType).Msg("Unknown message type, skipping")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd_syscall.go b/cmd_syscall.go
index d33feb1..ab35877 100644
--- a/cmd_syscall.go
+++ b/cmd_syscall.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/kr/logfmt"
@@ -230,6 +231,12 @@ type syscallRawEvent struct {
 	ReturnValue int64
 }
 
+var syscallRawEventPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &syscallRawEvent{}
+	},
+}
+
 var ErrUnknownSyscallField = errors.New("unknown syscall field")
 
 func (e *syscallRawEvent) HandleLogfmt(key []byte, val []byte) (err error) {
@@ -296,12 +303,16 @@ func syscallJSONParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow syscallAppendRowFn) error
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get 'printf' data as string")
 			}
-			var e syscallRawEvent
-			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, &e)
+			e := syscallRawEventPool.Get().(*syscallRawEvent)
+			*e = syscallRawEvent{}
+			err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, e)
 			if err != nil {
+				syscallRawEventPool.Put(e)
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal logfmt data")
 			}
-			return appendRow(&e)
+			err = appendRow(e)
+			syscallRawEventPool.Put(e)
+			return err
 		default:
 			log.Warn().Str("type", msgType).Msg("Unknown message type, skipping")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd_vfs_raw.go b/cmd_vfs_raw.go
index 5a0bdb2..39c5a02 100644
--- a/cmd_vfs_raw.go
+++ b/cmd_vfs_raw.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kr/logfmt"
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ type vfsEvent struct {
 	Length      uint64
 }
 
+var vfsEventPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return &vfsEvent{}
+	},
+}
+
 var ErrUnknownField = errors.New("unknown field")
 
 func (e *vfsEvent) HandleLogfmt(key []byte, val []byte) (err error) {
@@ -104,12 +111,15 @@ func simpleParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow appendRowFn) error {
 			p := len(printfKeyword)
 			data := line[p : len(line)-len(`"}`)]
 			_ = data
-			var e vfsEvent
-			err := logfmt.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &e)
+			e := vfsEventPool.Get().(*vfsEvent)
+			*e = vfsEvent{}
+			err := logfmt.Unmarshal([]byte(data), e)
 			if err != nil {
+				vfsEventPool.Put(e)
 				return err
 			}
-			err = appendRow(&e)
+			err = appendRow(e)
+			vfsEventPool.Put(e)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -213,12 +223,15 @@ func jsonParseThenAppend(r io.Reader, appendRow appendRowFn) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get 'printf' data as string")
 				}
-				var e vfsEvent
-				err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, &e)
+				e := vfsEventPool.Get().(*vfsEvent)
+				*e = vfsEvent{}
+				err = logfmt.Unmarshal(buf, e)
 				if err != nil {
+					vfsEventPool.Put(e)
 					return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal logfmt data")
 				}
-				err = appendRow(&e)
+				err = appendRow(e)
+				vfsEventPool.Put(e)
 				if err != nil {
 					return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to append row")
 				}