diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/epoll.hpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/epoll.hpp
index cacb57c..0e4dae0 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/epoll.hpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/epoll.hpp
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ namespace nntpchan
 {
 namespace ev
 {
+  template<size_t bufsz>
   struct EpollLoop : public Loop
   {
     size_t conns;
     int epollfd;
-    char readbuf[128];
+    char readbuf[bufsz];
     EpollLoop() : conns(0), epollfd(epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC))
     {
     }
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/event.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/event.cpp
index cebdc78..ed31f9d 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/event.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/event.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
+
+constexpr size_t ev_buffsz = 512;
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include "epoll.hpp"
-typedef nntpchan::ev::EpollLoop LoopImpl;
+typedef nntpchan::ev::EpollLoop<ev_buffsz> LoopImpl;
 #else
 #ifdef __freebsd__
 #include "kqueue.hpp"
-typedef nntpchan::ev::KqueueLoop LoopImpl;
+typedef nntpchan::ev::KqueueLoop<ev_buffsz> LoopImpl;
 #else
 #ifdef __netbsd__
-typedef nntpchan::ev::KqueueLoop LoopImpl;
+typedef nntpchan::ev::KqueueLoop<ev_buffsz> LoopImpl;
 #else
 #error "unsupported platform"
 #endif
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/kqueue.hpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/kqueue.hpp
index 0ef54ae..ebc2419 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/kqueue.hpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/kqueue.hpp
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ namespace nntpchan
 {
 namespace ev 
 {
+    template<size_t bufsz>
     struct KqueueLoop : public Loop
     {
         int kfd;
         size_t conns;
-        char readbuf[1024];
+        char readbuf[bufsz];
 
 
         KqueueLoop() : kfd(kqueue()), conns(0)