diff --git a/client/main.go b/client/main.go
index 45383cdf0..f569762bd 100644
--- a/client/main.go
+++ b/client/main.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)
 	}
 	xmitBuf.New = func() interface{} {
-		return make([]byte, 32768)
+		return make([]byte, 4096)
 	}
 
 	myApp := cli.NewApp()
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index ad51bf665..011312a60 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)
 	}
 	xmitBuf.New = func() interface{} {
-		return make([]byte, 32768)
+		return make([]byte, 4096)
 	}
 
 	myApp := cli.NewApp()