diff --git a/src/functions/compose.ts b/src/functions/compose.ts
index 96008ea..f53aa6c 100644
--- a/src/functions/compose.ts
+++ b/src/functions/compose.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import {
-    pipeline,
-    Transform,
-    Writable,
-    WritableOptions,
-    Readable,
-    Duplex,
-} from "stream";
+import { pipeline, Duplex, DuplexOptions } from "stream";
 
 /**
  * Return a Readable stream of readable streams concatenated together
@@ -15,35 +8,59 @@ import {
 // First Transform | Duplex, Last Writable --> Writable
 //
 export function compose(
-    streams: Array<Readable | Duplex | Transform | Writable>,
-    options?: WritableOptions,
+    streams: Array<
+        NodeJS.ReadableStream | NodeJS.ReadWriteStream | NodeJS.WritableStream
+    >,
+    options?: DuplexOptions,
 ): Duplex {
     // Maybe just return a new stream here
     if (streams.length < 2) {
         throw new Error("At least two streams are required to compose");
     }
 
-    const first = streams[0] as Writable;
-    const last = streams[streams.length - 1] as Readable;
-    const duplex = new Duplex({
-        ...options,
-        write(chunk, enc, cb) {
-            if (!first.write(chunk)) {
-                first.once("drain", cb);
-            } else {
-                cb();
-            }
-        },
-        read(size) {
-            if (last.readable) {
-                this.push(last.read(size));
-            }
-        },
-    });
+    const composed = new Compose(streams, options);
 
-    pipeline(streams, (err: any) => {
-        duplex.emit("error", err);
-    });
-
-    return duplex;
+    return composed;
+}
+
+class Compose extends Duplex {
+    private first:
+        | NodeJS.ReadableStream
+        | NodeJS.ReadWriteStream
+        | NodeJS.WritableStream;
+    private last:
+        | NodeJS.ReadableStream
+        | NodeJS.ReadWriteStream
+        | NodeJS.WritableStream;
+    constructor(
+        streams: Array<
+            | NodeJS.ReadableStream
+            | NodeJS.ReadWriteStream
+            | NodeJS.WritableStream
+        >,
+        options?: DuplexOptions,
+    ) {
+        super(options);
+        this.first = streams[0];
+        this.last = streams[streams.length - 1];
+        pipeline(streams, (err: any) => {
+            this.emit("error", err);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public pipe<T extends NodeJS.WritableStream>(dest: T) {
+        return (this.last as NodeJS.ReadableStream).pipe(dest);
+    }
+
+    public write(chunk: any) {
+        return (this.first as NodeJS.WritableStream).write(chunk);
+    }
+
+    public on(event: string, cb: any) {
+        if (event === "error") {
+            super.on(event, cb);
+        }
+        this.last.on(event, cb);
+        return this;
+    }
 }