diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5993a31..4f76f1f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+sudo: false
 language: node_js
 node_js:
   - '0.12'
-  - '1'
-  - '2'
-  - '3'
   - '4'
-script: "npm run test-travis"
-after_script: "npm install coveralls@2 && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | coveralls"
+  - '6'
+  - '8'
+script: 'npm run test-travis'
+after_script: 'npm i codecov && codecov'
diff --git a/benchmark/get_byte.js b/benchmark/get_byte.js
index f7bcc17..53b77ec 100644
--- a/benchmark/get_byte.js
+++ b/benchmark/get_byte.js
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ const suite = new Benchmark.Suite();
 
 const buf = new Buffer([2, 1, 255, 255, 255, 254, 1]);
 
+console.log('new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(): %d', new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get());
+console.log('new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(): %d', new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get());
+console.log('new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(0): %d', new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(0));
+console.log('new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(0): %d', new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).get(0));
+console.log('new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).getByte(): %d', new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).getByte());
+console.log('new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).getByte(0): %d', new ByteBuffer({ array: buf }).getByte(0));
+
 suite
   .add('old get()', function() {
     const bytes = new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf });
@@ -47,6 +54,10 @@ suite
     const bytes = new ByteBuffer({ array: buf });
     bytes.get();
   })
+  .add('getByte()', function() {
+    const bytes = new ByteBuffer({ array: buf });
+    bytes.getByte();
+  })
   .add('old get(index)', function() {
     const bytes = new OldByteBuffer({ array: buf });
     bytes.get(0);
@@ -55,6 +66,10 @@ suite
     const bytes = new ByteBuffer({ array: buf });
     bytes.get(0);
   })
+  .add('getByte(index)', function() {
+    const bytes = new ByteBuffer({ array: buf });
+    bytes.getByte(0);
+  })
   .on('cycle', function(event) {
     benchmarks.add(event.target);
   })
@@ -66,11 +81,13 @@ suite
   })
   .run({ 'async': false });
 
-// node version: v7.10.0, date: Thu May 11 2017 02:58:46 GMT+0800 (CST)
-// Starting...
-// 4 tests completed.
-
-// old get()      x  2,234,273 ops/sec ±1.45% (90 runs sampled)
-// new get()      x 24,872,342 ops/sec ±2.13% (89 runs sampled)
-// old get(index) x  2,339,452 ops/sec ±0.81% (93 runs sampled)
-// new get(index) x 25,533,534 ops/sec ±0.84% (100 runs sampled)
+// node version: v8.2.1, date: Mon Aug 07 2017 15:38:34 GMT+0800 (CST)
+//   Starting...
+//   6 tests completed.
+//
+//   old get()      x  7,206,620 ops/sec ±8.81% (76 runs sampled)
+//   new get()      x 13,628,654 ops/sec ±15.71% (72 runs sampled)
+//   getByte()      x 18,050,339 ops/sec ±14.48% (76 runs sampled)
+//   old get(index) x  6,989,958 ops/sec ±9.77% (75 runs sampled)
+//   new get(index) x 13,580,238 ops/sec ±10.13% (72 runs sampled)
+//   getByte(index) x 16,031,923 ops/sec ±14.93% (62 runs sampled)
diff --git a/lib/byte.js b/lib/byte.js
index f29e6cf..61ce3d4 100644
--- a/lib/byte.js
+++ b/lib/byte.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 var Long = require('long');
 var debug = require('debug')('byte');
-var numbers = require('./number');
 var utility = require('utility');
+var numbers = require('./number');
 
 var DEFAULT_SIZE = 1024;
 var BIG_ENDIAN = 1;
@@ -95,18 +95,33 @@ ByteBuffer.prototype.put = function (src, offset, length) {
   return this;
 };
 
+// hign performence method instead of `get()`
+ByteBuffer.prototype.getByte = function (index) {
+  if (arguments.length === 0) {
+    // getByte()
+    return this._bytes[this._offset++];
+  }
+
+  // getByte(index)
+  return this._bytes[index];
+};
+
 ByteBuffer.prototype.get = function (index, length) {
+  // get()
   if (index == null && length == null) {
     return this._bytes[this._offset++];
   }
+  // get(index)
   if (typeof index === 'number' && length == null) {
     return this._bytes[index];
   }
+  // get(index, length)
   if (typeof index === 'number' && typeof length === 'number') {
     // offset, length => Buffer
     return this._copy(index, index + length);
   }
 
+  // get(dst, offset)
   var dst = index;
   var offset = length || 0;
   length = dst.length;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95af16e..e736897 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
     "test-cov": "node node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover node_modules/.bin/_mocha -- -t 5000 test/*.test.js",
     "test-travis": "node node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover node_modules/.bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- -t 5000 test/*.test.js",
     "jshint": "jshint .",
-    "autod": "autod -w --prefix '^' -e benchmark && npm run cnpm",
-    "cnpm": "npm install --registry=https://registry.npm.taobao.org",
-    "contributors": "contributors -f plain -o AUTHORS",
+    "autod": "autod -w --prefix '^' -e benchmark",
     "optimized": "node --allow-natives-syntax --trace_opt --trace_deopt test/optimized.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@
     "autod": "*",
     "beautify-benchmark": "0",
     "benchmark": "1",
-    "contributors": "*",
     "fastbench": "^1.0.1",
     "intelli-espower-loader": "^1.0.1",
     "istanbul": "*",
@@ -56,4 +53,4 @@
   },
   "author": "fengmk2 <fengmk2@gmail.com> (http://fengmk2.com)",
   "license": "MIT"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/byte.test.js b/test/byte.test.js
index d3cb1ba..71c78f8 100644
--- a/test/byte.test.js
+++ b/test/byte.test.js
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ describe('byte.test.js', function () {
       bytes.put(1);
       assert(bytes.toString() === '<ByteBuffer 01>');
       assert(bytes.get(0) === 1);
+      assert(bytes.getByte(0) === 1);
+      bytes.reset();
+      assert(bytes.getByte() === 1);
 
       bytes.put(0, 2);
       assert(bytes.toString() === '<ByteBuffer 02>');