diff --git a/src/channel/chat.js b/src/channel/chat.js
index 6f44b850..6f894863 100644
--- a/src/channel/chat.js
+++ b/src/channel/chat.js
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ ChatModule.prototype.sendMessage = function (msgobj) {
     this.dirty = true;
     this.buffer.push(msgobj);//msg buffer push, trims it down to 15 messages
     if (this.channel.uniqueName === "mods"){
-	if(this.buffer.length > 500){//make mods channel an exception :) Eventually this will be a setting per channel you can set from the web ui
+	if(this.buffer.length > 1000){//make mods channel an exception :) Eventually this will be a setting per channel you can set from the web ui
 		this.buffer.shift();
 	}
     }else if (this.buffer.length > 15) {