diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chattranslation/Translator.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chattranslation/Translator.java
index 5164f13bb0..8ab04b3281 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chattranslation/Translator.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chattranslation/Translator.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Translator
 
 		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
 		String inputLine;
-		StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
+		StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
 
 		while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
 		{