diff --git a/stan.go b/stan.go
index de4a081..7932f3b 100644
--- a/stan.go
+++ b/stan.go
@@ -97,12 +97,7 @@ func (n *subscriber) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (n *stanBroker) Address() string {
-	// stan does not support connected server info
-	if len(n.addrs) > 0 {
-		return n.addrs[0]
-	}
-
-	return ""
+	return strings.Join(n.addrs, ",")
 }
 
 func setAddrs(addrs []string) []string {
@@ -299,23 +294,29 @@ func (n *stanBroker) Options() broker.Options {
 }
 
 func (n *stanBroker) BatchPublish(ctx context.Context, msg []*broker.Message, opts ...broker.PublishOption) error {
-	msgs := make(map[string][][]byte)
+	var err error
+	var buf []byte
+
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
+	msgs := make(map[string][][]byte)
+
+	options := broker.NewPublishOptions(opts...)
 	wg.Add(len(msg))
 
 	for _, m := range msg {
-		b, err := n.opts.Codec.Marshal(m)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		if options.BodyOnly {
+			buf = m.Body
+		} else {
+			buf, err = n.opts.Codec.Marshal(m)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 		topic, _ := m.Header.Get(metadata.HeaderTopic)
-		msgs[topic] = append(msgs[topic], b)
+		msgs[topic] = append(msgs[topic], buf)
 	}
 
-	n.RLock()
-	defer n.RUnlock()
-
 	var ackErr error
 
 	ackHandler := func(ackedNuid string, err error) {
@@ -325,6 +326,9 @@ func (n *stanBroker) BatchPublish(ctx context.Context, msg []*broker.Message, op
 		}
 	}
 
+	n.RLock()
+	defer n.RUnlock()
+
 	for topic, ms := range msgs {
 		for _, m := range ms {
 			if _, err := n.conn.PublishAsync(topic, m, ackHandler); err != nil {
@@ -339,13 +343,23 @@ func (n *stanBroker) BatchPublish(ctx context.Context, msg []*broker.Message, op
 }
 
 func (n *stanBroker) Publish(ctx context.Context, topic string, msg *broker.Message, opts ...broker.PublishOption) error {
-	b, err := n.opts.Codec.Marshal(msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	var buf []byte
+	var err error
+
+	options := broker.NewPublishOptions(opts...)
+
+	if options.BodyOnly {
+		buf = msg.Body
+	} else {
+		buf, err = n.opts.Codec.Marshal(msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
+
 	n.RLock()
 	defer n.RUnlock()
-	return n.conn.Publish(topic, b)
+	return n.conn.Publish(topic, buf)
 }
 
 func (n *stanBroker) BatchSubscribe(ctx context.Context, topic string, handler broker.BatchHandler, opts ...broker.SubscribeOption) (broker.Subscriber, error) {