diff --git a/src/seq/seqCom.h b/src/seq/seqCom.h
index f818b765c8c5e8a2a84f5ed810e5664f1547de9e..6fae624a927118a9f55c9e4119f0dc215664acfb 100644
--- a/src/seq/seqCom.h
+++ b/src/seq/seqCom.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define NOEVFLAG		0	/* argument to pvSync to remove sync */
 
-#define DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE	2	/* default queue size (elements) */
+#define DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE	100	/* default queue size (elements) */
 
 #define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT		10.0	/* default timeout for SYNC operations */