diff --git a/lib/getBinaryGltf.js b/lib/getBinaryGltf.js
index 366c99f2..5f248961 100644
--- a/lib/getBinaryGltf.js
+++ b/lib/getBinaryGltf.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function updateBinaryObject(gltf, objects, name, pipelineExtras, state) {
                     state.currentBinaryView++;
                 }
 
-                var objectSource = new Buffer(object.extras._pipeline.source);
+                var objectSource = Buffer.from(object.extras._pipeline.source);
                 var bufferViewId = 'binary_bufferView' + state.currentBinaryView;
                 KHR_binary_glTF.bufferView = bufferViewId; //Create bufferview
                 bufferViews[bufferViewId] = {
@@ -118,25 +118,27 @@ function getBinaryGltf(gltf, embed, embedImage) {
     // Remove extras objects before writing
     removePipelineExtras(gltf);
 
-    // Create padded binary scene string and calculate total length
+    // Create padded binary scene buffer and calculate total length
     var sceneString = JSON.stringify(gltf);
-    var sceneLength = Buffer.byteLength(sceneString);
-    sceneLength += 4 - (sceneLength % 4);
-    var padding = new Array(sceneLength + 1).join(' ');
-    sceneString = (sceneString + padding).substring(0, sceneLength);
+    var sceneBuffer = Buffer.from(sceneString);
+    var sceneLength = sceneBuffer.length;
+    var paddingLength = 4 - (sceneLength % 4); // pad out to 4 bytes as per glb specification
+    sceneLength += paddingLength;
+    var paddingBuffer = Buffer.alloc(paddingLength, ' ');
+    var scene = Buffer.concat([sceneBuffer, paddingBuffer]);
+
     var bodyOffset = 20 + sceneLength;
     var glbLength = bodyOffset + body.length;
 
     // Write binary glTF header (magic, version, length, sceneLength, sceneFormat)
-    var header = new Buffer(20);
+    var header = Buffer.alloc(20);
     header.write('glTF', 0);
     header.writeUInt32LE(1, 4);
     header.writeUInt32LE(glbLength, 8);
     header.writeUInt32LE(sceneLength, 12);
     header.writeUInt32LE(0, 16);
 
-    // Create scene buffer and overall buffer
-    var scene = new Buffer(sceneString);
+    // Create overall buffer
     var glb = Buffer.concat([header, scene, body], glbLength);
 
     return {