diff --git a/kernel/tests.c b/kernel/tests.c
index aaeb86ea..017ef8b2 100644
--- a/kernel/tests.c
+++ b/kernel/tests.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ __inline int get_core_no(void)
 void* server_task(void* e)
 {
     int sockfd, newsockfd, portno, clilen;
-    char buffer[256];
+    char buffer[1024];
     struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, cli_addr;
     int  n;
     uint64_t tmp1,tmp2;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void* client_task(void* e)
         /* spew-out the results and bail out of here! */
         kprintf("%s\n", dir);
 
-        for (n = 0; n <1024*4; n++)
+        for (n = 0; n <1024*4*1024*4; n++)
         {
             recv(sd,dir,sizeof(dir),0);
   //          udelay(100);