diff --git a/scripts/benchmarking.py b/scripts/benchmarking.py
index f46831b..404fbeb 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmarking.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmarking.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 First requires the test dat files to be created by unzipping gis_osm_roads_free_1.zip
 and running load_osm_network.py
 
-cd D:/Github/Python/wayfarer
-#./wayfarer-venv/Scripts/activate.ps1
+C:\VirtualEnvs\wayfarer\Scripts\activate.ps1
+cd D:/Github/wayfarer
 
 pytest -v scripts/benchmarking.py
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 import copy
+import marshal
+import networkx
 from wayfarer import loader, functions
 
 
@@ -63,9 +65,44 @@ def clone_network(net):
     copy.deepcopy(net)
 
 
+def marshal_network(net):
+    marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(net))
+
+
 def test_cloning_network(benchmark):
     """
     971 ms seconds to clone - much slower than simply re-reading from disk
     """
     net = loader.load_network_from_file("./data/dublin.pickle")
     benchmark(clone_network, net)
+
+
+def xtest_marshal_network(benchmark):
+    """
+    ValueError: unmarshallable object - it is not possible to
+    use marshal.dumps on the networkx network
+    """
+    net = loader.load_network_from_file("./data/dublin.pickle")
+    benchmark(marshal_network, net)
+
+
+def test_get_edges_from_nodes_all_lengths(benchmark):
+    """
+    pytest -v scripts/benchmarking.py -k "test_get_edges_from_nodes_all_lengths"
+
+    with copy.deepcopy - min 7.4000
+    with marshal - min 4.9000
+
+    When running path solving with over 100,000 iterations:
+    marshal: 588 seconds
+    copy.deepcopy: 660 seconds
+
+    See discussions at https://stackoverflow.com/a/55157627/179520
+    """
+    net = networkx.MultiGraph()
+
+    net.add_edge(1, 2, key="A", **{"EDGE_ID": "A", "LEN_": 50})
+    net.add_edge(1, 2, key="B", **{"EDGE_ID": "B", "LEN_": 100})
+
+    node_list = [1, 2]
+    benchmark(functions.get_edges_from_nodes, net, node_list, shortest_path_only=False)
diff --git a/wayfarer/functions.py b/wayfarer/functions.py
index fe4e9a4..22ff12c 100644
--- a/wayfarer/functions.py
+++ b/wayfarer/functions.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 import itertools
-import copy
+import marshal
 import logging
 from collections import OrderedDict
 import networkx
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ def get_all_paths_from_nodes(net, node_list, with_direction_flag=False):
                 for key, attributes in edges.items():
                     # make a copy so client programs can modify without
                     # affecting the original edge dict
-                    atts_copy = copy.deepcopy(attributes)
+                    # atts_copy = copy.deepcopy(attributes)
+                    atts_copy = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(attributes))
                     edge = Edge(start_node=u, end_node=v, key=key, attributes=atts_copy)
                     if with_direction_flag:
                         add_direction_flag(
@@ -403,13 +404,13 @@ def get_edges_from_nodes(
         if edges:
             if shortest_path_only:
                 key, attributes = get_shortest_edge(edges, length_field)
-                atts_copy = copy.deepcopy(attributes)
+                atts_copy = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(attributes))
                 edge = Edge(start_node=u, end_node=v, key=key, attributes=atts_copy)
                 node_edges.append(edge)
             else:
                 # get all edges between the nodes, ignoring the length_field
                 for key, attributes in edges.items():
-                    atts_copy = copy.deepcopy(attributes)
+                    atts_copy = marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(attributes))
                     node_edges.append(
                         Edge(start_node=u, end_node=v, key=key, attributes=atts_copy)
                     )