diff --git a/filefox b/filefox
index 154fa8cc6200582016683703ce6c0f24e5495919..491463be7feebbef6cdb372b9657a6c88bce84b1 100755
--- a/filefox
+++ b/filefox
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VERIFY=1                        # Do a rsync after the copy to sync files that c
 RESUME=1                        # Default to resuming the transfer.
 PORT=65432                      # The default port for file transfers.
 BLOCKSIZE=65536                 # TAR Record size, Socat block size, and other things that should be synced.
-BUF=1048576                     # Send and Receive buffer
+BUF=16777216                    # Send and Receive buffer
 ENCRYPTOR=cat                   # Change to "openssl enc -e" to encrypt the connection
 DECRYPTOR=cat                   # Change to "openssl enc -d" to encrypt the connection
 LIMIT=0                         # Limit bandwidth usage to $LIMIT bytes