diff --git a/nando b/nando
index 6989018..fa91186 100755
--- a/nando
+++ b/nando
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import socket,sys,time,os,configobj
 
 RC="/etc/nandorc"
+BLOCK_SIZE=10240
 
 def setup_options():
     ''' Setup the command line options '''
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ def print_table(data):
 
 def query_ip(sock,opts):
     sock.sendto("list", (opts.HOST, opts.PORT))
-    received = sock.recv(1024)
+    received = sock.recv(BLOCK_SIZE)
     for row in received.split("\n"):
         cols=row.split("|",4)
         if cols[0]==opts.QUERY_HOSTNAME:
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ def query_ip(sock,opts):
     
 def query_host(sock,opts):
     sock.sendto("list", (opts.HOST, opts.PORT))
-    received = sock.recv(1024)
+    received = sock.recv(BLOCK_SIZE)
     for row in received.split("\n"):
         cols=row.split("|",4)
         if cols[1]==opts.QUERY_IP:
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ def read_desc(opts):
     if not os.path.isfile(opts.MSGFILE):
         return ""
     
-    DESC=open(opts.MSGFILE,"rb").read(512)
+    DESC=open(opts.MSGFILE,"rb").read(1024)
     DESC=''.join([ c for c in DESC if c not in ['\n','\r','|'] ])
     return DESC
 
@@ -115,12 +116,12 @@ while True:
             MSG=opts.command
         
         sock.sendto(MSG, (opts.HOST, opts.PORT))
-        received = sock.recv(1024)
+        received = sock.recv(BLOCK_SIZE)
         if opts.command!="":
             print_table(received)
         if opts.INTERVAL==0 and opts.command=="":
             sock.sendto("list", (opts.HOST, opts.PORT))
-            received = sock.recv(1024)
+            received = sock.recv(BLOCK_SIZE)
             print_table(received)
         errors=0
     except socket.error: