diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/mod.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/mod.rs
index 779ec4e..14fc2a2 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/mod.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ use super::storage::PendingScrapeResponseSlab;
 use super::validator::ConnectionValidator;
 use super::{create_socket, EXTRA_PACKET_SIZE_IPV4, EXTRA_PACKET_SIZE_IPV6};
 
-const BUF_LEN: usize = 8192;
+const RESPONSE_BUF_LEN: usize = 8192;
+const REQUEST_BUF_LEN: usize = 4096;
 
 const USER_DATA_RECV: u64 = u64::MAX;
 const USER_DATA_PULSE_TIMEOUT: u64 = u64::MAX - 1;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ impl SocketWorker {
 
         let buf_ring = buf_ring::Builder::new(0)
             .ring_entries(ring_entries)
-            .buf_len(BUF_LEN)
+            .buf_len(REQUEST_BUF_LEN)
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/send_buffers.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/send_buffers.rs
index b6fdd21..bb23573 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/send_buffers.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/socket/uring/send_buffers.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use io_uring::opcode::SendMsg;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 
-use super::{BUF_LEN, SOCKET_IDENTIFIER};
+use super::{RESPONSE_BUF_LEN, SOCKET_IDENTIFIER};
 
 pub enum Error {
     NoBuffers,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl ResponseType {
 struct SendBuffer {
     name_v4: UnsafeCell<libc::sockaddr_in>,
     name_v6: UnsafeCell<libc::sockaddr_in6>,
-    bytes: UnsafeCell<[u8; BUF_LEN]>,
+    bytes: UnsafeCell<[u8; RESPONSE_BUF_LEN]>,
     iovec: UnsafeCell<libc::iovec>,
     msghdr: UnsafeCell<libc::msghdr>,
     free: bool,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl SendBuffer {
                 sin6_addr: libc::in6_addr { s6_addr: [0; 16] },
                 sin6_scope_id: 0,
             }),
-            bytes: UnsafeCell::new([0; BUF_LEN]),
+            bytes: UnsafeCell::new([0; RESPONSE_BUF_LEN]),
             iovec: UnsafeCell::new(libc::iovec {
                 iov_base: null_mut(),
                 iov_len: 0,