diff --git a/FORK.md b/FORK.md
index 85efc10..61f1b1f 100644
--- a/FORK.md
+++ b/FORK.md
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ This is the outline of the changes done in this fork, compared to Kemal upstream
 
 - Default HEAD request removed has been removed. If you wish to provide it,
   you must give your own handler.
+  - Can not be upstreamed as it would be a breaking change that I did not
+    ask upstream about. This is a very specific issue to the web services I
+    write.
 - Fix to prevent overwriting the `content-length` header value when set by the
   request handler.
+  - Could be upstreamed, as it is a single line fix.
 - Websockets can be closed via an exception, with support for reasons.
+  - Can not be upstreamed. Same reasoning as the first change.
 
 ## Installation?
 
diff --git a/src/kemal/websocket.cr b/src/kemal/websocket.cr
index b9e4d63..b06e9a7 100644
--- a/src/kemal/websocket.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/websocket.cr
@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ module Kemal
             message = "Exception"
           end
 
-          raw = uninitialized UInt8[2]
-          IO::ByteFormat::BigEndian.encode(code, raw.to_slice)
           socket.not_nil!.close(
             HTTP::WebSocket::CloseCode.new(code),
-            message: String.new(raw.to_slice) + message
+            message: message
           )
 
           raise error unless error.is_a?(WebsocketError)