diff --git a/lib/carbon/conf.py b/lib/carbon/conf.py
index aef5e684..c474cd91 100644
--- a/lib/carbon/conf.py
+++ b/lib/carbon/conf.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   MAX_DATAPOINTS_PER_MESSAGE=500,
   MAX_AGGREGATION_INTERVALS=5,
   FORWARD_ALL=True,
-  MAX_QUEUE_SIZE=1000,
+  MAX_QUEUE_SIZE=10000,
   QUEUE_LOW_WATERMARK_PCT=0.8,
   TIME_TO_DEFER_SENDING=0.0001,
   ENABLE_AMQP=False,