diff --git a/pkg/gcc/interceptor.go b/pkg/gcc/interceptor.go
index d029d16a..eeee5ca3 100644
--- a/pkg/gcc/interceptor.go
+++ b/pkg/gcc/interceptor.go
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ func (f *InterceptorFactory) NewInterceptor(id string) (interceptor.Interceptor,
 	i := &Interceptor{
 		NoOp:            interceptor.NoOp{},
 		lock:            sync.Mutex{},
-		bitrate:         0,
+		bitrate:         100_000,
+		latestStats:     &Stats{},
 		pacer:           nil,
 		FeedbackAdapter: nil,
 		loss:            nil,
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ func (f *InterceptorFactory) NewInterceptor(id string) (interceptor.Interceptor,
 		}
 	}
 
-	i.pacer = NewLeakyBucketPacer()
 	i.FeedbackAdapter = NewFeedbackAdapter()
+	i.pacer = NewLeakyBucketPacer(i.bitrate)
 	i.loss = newLossBasedBWE(i.bitrate)
 	i.delay = newDelayBasedBWE(i.bitrate)
 
@@ -154,11 +155,15 @@ func (c *Interceptor) BindRTCPReader(reader interceptor.RTCPReader) interceptor.
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
+		buf := make([]byte, i)
+
+		copy(buf, b[:i])
+
 		if attr == nil {
 			attr = make(interceptor.Attributes)
 		}
 
-		pkts, err := attr.GetRTCPPackets(b[:i])
+		pkts, err := attr.GetRTCPPackets(buf[:i])
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
@@ -195,9 +200,11 @@ func (c *Interceptor) BindLocalStream(info *interceptor.StreamInfo, writer inter
 			}
 			attributes.Set(twccExtensionAttributesKey, hdrExtID)
 		}
+		co := make([]byte, len(payload))
+		copy(co, payload)
 		c.packet <- &packetAndAttributes{
-			header:     *header,
-			payload:    payload,
+			header:     header.Clone(),
+			payload:    co,
 			attributes: attributes,
 		}
 
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ func (c *Interceptor) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (c *Interceptor) loop() {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-c.close:
diff --git a/pkg/gcc/leaky_bucket_pacer.go b/pkg/gcc/leaky_bucket_pacer.go
index 32205796..b78dd7df 100644
--- a/pkg/gcc/leaky_bucket_pacer.go
+++ b/pkg/gcc/leaky_bucket_pacer.go
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ type LeakyBucketPacer struct {
 }
 
 // NewLeakyBucketPacer initializes a new LeakyBucketPacer
-func NewLeakyBucketPacer() *LeakyBucketPacer {
+func NewLeakyBucketPacer(initialBitrate int) *LeakyBucketPacer {
 	p := &LeakyBucketPacer{
 		log:            logging.NewDefaultLoggerFactory().NewLogger("pacer"),
 		f:              1.5,
-		targetBitrate:  150_000,
+		targetBitrate:  initialBitrate,
 		pacingInterval: 5 * time.Millisecond,
 		itemCh:         make(chan item),
 		bitrateCh:      make(chan int),
diff --git a/pkg/gcc/noop_pacer.go b/pkg/gcc/noop_pacer.go
index 33a65155..2a8a5790 100644
--- a/pkg/gcc/noop_pacer.go
+++ b/pkg/gcc/noop_pacer.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func NewNoOpPacer() *NoOpPacer {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *NoOpPacer) SetTargetBitrate(int) {
+}
+
 // AddStream adds a stream and corresponding writer to the p
 func (p *NoOpPacer) AddStream(ssrc uint32, writer interceptor.RTPWriter) {
 	p.lock.Lock()