diff --git a/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js b/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
index d440a082..ef7ac6d0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class WsRequestor extends BaseRequestor {
         followRedirects: true,
         maxRedirects: 2,
         handshakeTimeout,
-        maxPayload: 8096,
+        maxPayload: process.env.JAMBONES_WS_MAX_PAYLOAD ? parseInt(process.env.JAMBONES_WS_MAX_PAYLOAD) : 24 * 1024,
       };
       if (this.username && this.password) opts = {...opts, auth: `${this.username}:${this.password}`};