lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
index 18a1925066fbdbfabbed6ac54b60982a08f85db7..e65988bedf06fe2c5236e333bd7fc075021168b4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 	# limit our own running time for fairness with other
 	# clients and to avoid buffering too much:
 	my $buf = eval {
-		local $/ = \8192;
+		local $/ = \65536;
 		$forward->getline;
 	} if $forward;