diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index 6b1824a153..c9e2c189c8 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ static inline uint32_t switch_known_bitrate(switch_payload_t payload)
 }
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fd_read_line(int fd, char *buf, switch_size_t len);
-
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fd_read_dline(int fd, char **buf, switch_size_t *len);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fp_read_dline(FILE *fd, char **buf, switch_size_t *len);
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_frame_alloc(switch_frame_t **frame, switch_size_t size);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_frame_dup(switch_frame_t *orig, switch_frame_t **clone);
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 53bd4b8762..71c30f295e 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -930,19 +930,21 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_mime_add_type(const char *type, cons
 static void load_mime_types(void)
 {
 	char *cf = "mime.types";
-	int fd = -1;
-	char line_buf[1024] = "";
+	FILE *fd = NULL;
+	char *line_buf;
+	switch_size_t llen = 0;
 	char *mime_path = NULL;
 
 	mime_path = switch_mprintf("%s/%s", SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.conf_dir, cf);
 	switch_assert(mime_path);
 
-	fd = open(mime_path, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
-	if (fd <= 0) {
+	fd = fopen(mime_path, "rb");
+
+	if (fd == NULL) {
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	while ((switch_fd_read_line(fd, line_buf, sizeof(line_buf)))) {
+	while ((switch_fp_read_dline(fd, &line_buf, &llen))) {
 		char *p;
 		char *type = line_buf;
 
@@ -966,9 +968,11 @@ static void load_mime_types(void)
 
 	}
 
-	if (fd > -1) {
-		close(fd);
-		fd = -1;
+	switch_safe_free(line_buf);
+
+	if (fd) {
+		fclose(fd);
+		fd = NULL;
 	}
 
   end:
diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index 3961d89089..090812a45b 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -453,6 +453,103 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fd_read_line(int fd, char *buf, switch_size
 	return total;
 }
 
+#define DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE 1024
+#define DLINE_MAX_SIZE 1048576
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fd_read_dline(int fd, char **buf, switch_size_t *len)
+{
+	char c, *p;
+	int cur;
+	switch_size_t total = 0;
+	char *data = *buf;
+	switch_size_t ilen = *len;
+
+	if (!data) {
+		*len = ilen = DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE;
+		data = malloc(ilen);
+		memset(data, 0, ilen);
+	}
+
+	p = data;
+	while ((cur = read(fd, &c, 1)) == 1) {
+
+		if (total + 2 >= ilen) {
+			if (ilen + DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE > DLINE_MAX_SIZE) {
+				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Single line limit reached!\n");	
+				break;
+			}
+
+			ilen += DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE;
+			data = realloc(data, ilen);
+			switch_assert(data);
+			p = data + total;
+
+		}
+
+		total += cur;
+		*p++ = c;
+
+		if (c == '\r' || c == '\n') {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*p++ = '\0';
+
+	*len = ilen;
+	*buf = data;
+
+	return total;
+}
+
+
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_fp_read_dline(FILE *fd, char **buf, switch_size_t *len)
+{
+	char c, *p;
+	switch_size_t total = 0;
+	char *data = *buf;
+	switch_size_t ilen = *len;
+
+	if (!data) {
+		*len = ilen = DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE;
+		data = malloc(ilen);
+		memset(data, 0, ilen);
+	}
+
+	p = data;
+	//while ((c = fgetc(fd)) != EOF) {
+
+	while (fread(&c, 1, 1, fd) == 1) {
+		
+		if (total + 2 >= ilen) {
+			if (ilen + DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE > DLINE_MAX_SIZE) {
+				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Single line limit reached!\n");	
+				break;
+			}
+
+			ilen += DLINE_BLOCK_SIZE;
+			data = realloc(data, ilen);
+			switch_assert(data);
+			p = data + total;
+
+		}
+
+		total++;
+		*p++ = c;
+
+		if (c == '\r' || c == '\n') {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*p++ = '\0';
+
+	*len = ilen;
+	*buf = data;
+
+	return total;
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_amp_encode(char *s, char *buf, switch_size_t len)
 {
 	char *p, *q;
diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index 95a51c39e8..d4b26e0b9d 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void globfree(glob_t *);
 /* Use UTF-8 as the general encoding */
 static switch_bool_t USE_UTF_8_ENCODING = SWITCH_TRUE;
 
-static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, int write_fd, int rlevel);
+static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, FILE *write_fd, int rlevel);
 
 typedef struct switch_xml_root *switch_xml_root_t;
 struct switch_xml_root {		/* additional data for the root tag */
@@ -1224,12 +1224,12 @@ static char *expand_vars(char *buf, char *ebuf, switch_size_t elen, switch_size_
 	return ebuf;
 }
 
-static int preprocess_exec(const char *cwd, const char *command, int write_fd, int rlevel)
+static FILE *preprocess_exec(const char *cwd, const char *command, FILE *write_fd, int rlevel)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
 	char message[] = "<!-- exec not implemented in windows yet -->";
 
-	if (write(write_fd, message, sizeof(message)) < 0) {
+	if (fwrite( message, 1, sizeof(message), write_fd) < 0) {
 		goto end;
 	}
 #else
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ static int preprocess_exec(const char *cwd, const char *command, int write_fd, i
 			int bytes;
 			close(fds[1]);
 			while ((bytes = read(fds[0], buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
-				if (write(write_fd, buf, bytes) <= 0) {
+				if (fwrite(buf, 1, bytes, write_fd) <= 0) {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static int preprocess_exec(const char *cwd, const char *command, int write_fd, i
 
 }
 
-static int preprocess_glob(const char *cwd, const char *pattern, int write_fd, int rlevel)
+static FILE *preprocess_glob(const char *cwd, const char *pattern, FILE *write_fd, int rlevel)
 {
 	char *full_path = NULL;
 	char *dir_path = NULL, *e = NULL;
@@ -1310,28 +1310,43 @@ static int preprocess_glob(const char *cwd, const char *pattern, int write_fd, i
 	return write_fd;
 }
 
-static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, int write_fd, int rlevel)
+static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, FILE *write_fd, int rlevel)
 {
-	int read_fd = -1;
+	FILE *read_fd = NULL;
 	switch_size_t cur = 0, ml = 0;
-	char *q, *cmd, buf[2048], ebuf[8192];
+	char *q, *cmd, *buf = NULL, *ebuf = NULL;
 	char *tcmd, *targ;
 	int line = 0;
-
-	if ((read_fd = open(file, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
-		const char *reason = strerror(errno);
-		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Couldnt open %s (%s)\n", file, reason);
-		return read_fd;
-	}
+	switch_size_t len = 0, eblen = 0;
 
 	if (rlevel > 100) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	while ((cur = switch_fd_read_line(read_fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+	if (!(read_fd = fopen(file, "r"))) {
+		const char *reason = strerror(errno);
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Couldnt open %s (%s)\n", file, reason);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	setvbuf(read_fd, (char *) NULL, _IOFBF, 65536);
+	
+	for(;;) {
 		char *arg, *e;
 		const char *err = NULL;
-		char *bp = expand_vars(buf, ebuf, sizeof(ebuf), &cur, &err);
+		char *bp;
+
+		switch_safe_free(ebuf);
+
+		if ((cur = switch_fp_read_dline(read_fd, &buf, &len)) <= 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+
+		eblen = len *2;
+		ebuf = malloc(eblen);
+		memset(ebuf, 0, eblen);
+		
+		bp = expand_vars(buf, ebuf, eblen, &cur, &err);
 		line++;
 
 		if (err) {
@@ -1360,7 +1375,7 @@ static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, int write_fd, int rleve
 			if ((e = strstr(tcmd, "/>"))) {
 				*e += 2;
 				*e = '\0';
-				if (write(write_fd, e, (unsigned) strlen(e)) != (int) strlen(e)) {
+				if (fwrite(e, 1, (unsigned) strlen(e), write_fd) != (int) strlen(e)) {
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Short write!\n");
 				}
 			}
@@ -1431,13 +1446,13 @@ static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, int write_fd, int rleve
 		}
 
 		if ((cmd = strstr(bp, "<!--#"))) {
-			if (write(write_fd, bp, (unsigned) (cmd - bp)) != (cmd - bp)) {
+			if (fwrite(bp, 1, (unsigned) (cmd - bp), write_fd) != (cmd - bp)) {
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Short write!\n");
 			}
 			if ((e = strstr(cmd, "-->"))) {
 				*e = '\0';
 				e += 3;
-				if (write(write_fd, e, (unsigned) strlen(e)) != (int) strlen(e)) {
+				if (fwrite(e, 1, (unsigned) strlen(e), write_fd) != (int) strlen(e)) {
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Short write!\n");
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -1489,13 +1504,18 @@ static int preprocess(const char *cwd, const char *file, int write_fd, int rleve
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (write(write_fd, bp, (unsigned) cur) != (int) cur) {
+		if (fwrite(bp, 1, (unsigned) cur, write_fd) != (int) cur) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Short write!\n");
 		}
+
 	}
 
-	close(read_fd);
-	return write_fd;
+	switch_safe_free(buf);
+	switch_safe_free(ebuf);
+
+	fclose(read_fd);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file_simple(const char *file)
@@ -1527,7 +1547,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file_simple(const char *file)
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
 {
-	int fd = -1, write_fd = -1;
+	int fd = -1;
+	FILE *write_fd = NULL;
 	switch_xml_t xml = NULL;
 	char *new_file = NULL;
 	const char *abs, *absw;
@@ -1546,13 +1567,15 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	if ((write_fd = open(new_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR)) < 0) {
+	if ((write_fd = fopen(new_file, "w+")) == NULL) {
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	setvbuf(write_fd, (char *) NULL, _IOFBF, 65536);
+
 	if (preprocess(SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.conf_dir, file, write_fd, 0) > -1) {
-		close(write_fd);
-		write_fd = -1;
+		fclose(write_fd);
+		write_fd = NULL;
 		if ((fd = open(new_file, O_RDONLY, 0)) > -1) {
 			if ((xml = switch_xml_parse_fd(fd))) {
 				xml->free_path = new_file;
@@ -1567,8 +1590,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
 
 	switch_mutex_unlock(FILE_LOCK);
 
-	if (write_fd > -1) {
-		close(write_fd);
+	if (write_fd) {
+		fclose(write_fd);
+		write_fd = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (fd > -1) {