diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index 1603618a92..7b6f85e3c3 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ pub struct Client {
     last_ping_delta: f64,
     ping_deltas: VecDeque<f64>,
 
+    chunk_total: usize,
+    other_total: usize,
+
     tick: u64,
     state: State,
     entity: EcsEntity,
@@ -128,7 +131,8 @@ impl Client {
         // Wait for initial sync
         let (state, entity, server_info, world_map, recipe_book) = block_on(async {
             loop {
-                match stream.recv().await? {
+                let mut wire_size: usize = 0;
+                match stream.recv(&mut wire_size).await? {
                     ServerMsg::InitialSync {
                         entity_package,
                         server_info,
@@ -168,13 +172,18 @@ impl Client {
                         let world_map = Arc::new(
                             image::DynamicImage::ImageRgba8({
                                 // Should not fail if the dimensions are correct.
-                                let world_map =
-                                    image::ImageBuffer::from_raw(map_size.x, map_size.y, world_map_raw);
-                                world_map.ok_or_else(|| Error::Other("Server sent a bad world map image".into()))?
+                                let world_map = image::ImageBuffer::from_raw(
+                                    map_size.x,
+                                    map_size.y,
+                                    world_map_raw,
+                                );
+                                world_map.ok_or_else(|| {
+                                    Error::Other("Server sent a bad world map image".into())
+                                })?
                             })
-                                // Flip the image, since Voxygen uses an orientation where rotation from
-                                // positive x axis to positive y axis is counterclockwise around the z axis.
-                                .flipv(),
+                            // Flip the image, since Voxygen uses an orientation where rotation from
+                            // positive x axis to positive y axis is counterclockwise around the z axis.
+                            .flipv(),
                         );
                         debug!("Done preparing image...");
 
@@ -222,6 +231,9 @@ impl Client {
             last_ping_delta: 0.0,
             ping_deltas: VecDeque::new(),
 
+            chunk_total: 0,
+            other_total: 0,
+
             tick: 0,
             state,
             entity,
@@ -264,7 +276,8 @@ impl Client {
 
         block_on(async {
             loop {
-                match self.singleton_stream.recv().await? {
+                let mut wire_size: usize = 0;
+                match self.singleton_stream.recv(&mut wire_size).await? {
                     ServerMsg::StateAnswer(Err((
                         RequestStateError::RegisterDenied(err),
                         state,
@@ -834,7 +847,9 @@ impl Client {
         cnt: &mut u64,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
         loop {
-            let msg = self.singleton_stream.recv().await?;
+            let mut wire_size: usize = 0;
+            let msg = self.singleton_stream.recv(&mut wire_size).await?;
+            self.other_total += wire_size;
             *cnt += 1;
             match msg {
                 ServerMsg::TooManyPlayers => {
@@ -1000,6 +1015,12 @@ impl Client {
                     frontend_events.push(Event::InventoryUpdated(event));
                 },
                 ServerMsg::TerrainChunkUpdate { key, chunk } => {
+                    self.other_total -= wire_size;
+                    self.chunk_total += wire_size;
+                    println!(
+                        "Terrain total: {}\nOther total: {}",
+                        self.chunk_total, self.other_total
+                    );
                     if let Ok(chunk) = chunk {
                         self.state.insert_chunk(key, *chunk);
                     }
diff --git a/network/src/api.rs b/network/src/api.rs
index 33ce2de6ad..01f2d7aeae 100644
--- a/network/src/api.rs
+++ b/network/src/api.rs
@@ -837,8 +837,11 @@ impl Stream {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     #[inline]
-    pub async fn recv<M: DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> Result<M, StreamError> {
-        Ok(message::deserialize(self.recv_raw().await?)?)
+    pub async fn recv<M: DeserializeOwned>(
+        &mut self,
+        wire_size: &mut usize,
+    ) -> Result<M, StreamError> {
+        Ok(message::deserialize(self.recv_raw().await?, wire_size)?)
     }
 
     /// the equivalent like [`send_raw`] but for [`recv`], no [`bincode`] is
diff --git a/network/src/message.rs b/network/src/message.rs
index 03626f22d3..73a82dcb65 100644
--- a/network/src/message.rs
+++ b/network/src/message.rs
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ pub(crate) fn serialize<M: Serialize>(message: &M) -> MessageBuffer {
 
 //pub(crate) fn deserialize<M: DeserializeOwned>(buffer: MessageBuffer) ->
 // std::Result<M, std::Box<bincode::error::bincode::ErrorKind>> {
-pub(crate) fn deserialize<M: DeserializeOwned>(buffer: MessageBuffer) -> bincode::Result<M> {
+pub(crate) fn deserialize<M: DeserializeOwned>(
+    buffer: MessageBuffer,
+    wire_size: &mut usize,
+) -> bincode::Result<M> {
     let span = lz4_compress::decompress(&buffer.data)
         .expect("lz4 decompression failed, failed to deserialze");
     //this might fail if you choose the wrong type for M. in that case probably X
     // got transfered while you assume Y. probably this means your application
     // logic is wrong. E.g. You expect a String, but just get a u8.
+    *wire_size = buffer.data.len();
     bincode::deserialize(span.as_slice())
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/client.rs b/server/src/client.rs
index 95e6d96b91..6876c44799 100644
--- a/server/src/client.rs
+++ b/server/src/client.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ impl Client {
 
     pub async fn recv(&mut self) -> Result<ClientMsg, Error> {
         if !self.network_error.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            match self.singleton_stream.recv().await {
+            let mut wire_size: usize = 0;
+            match self.singleton_stream.recv(&mut wire_size).await {
                 Ok(r) => Ok(r),
                 Err(e) => {
                     debug!(?e, "got a network error with client while recv");