diff --git a/assist/servers/websocket.js b/assist/servers/websocket.js
index f5d029bc2..0258960d0 100644
--- a/assist/servers/websocket.js
+++ b/assist/servers/websocket.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const debug = process.env.debug === "1";
 
 const createSocketIOServer = function (server, prefix) {
     io = _io(server, {
-        maxHttpBufferSize: (parseInt(process.env.maxHttpBufferSize) || 5) * 1e6,
+        // maxHttpBufferSize: (parseInt(process.env.maxHttpBufferSize) || 5) * 1e6,
+        maxHttpBufferSize: parseInt(process.env.maxHttpBufferSizeBytes),
         cors: {
             origin: "*",
             methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT"]