diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index c19c11ab7..85cd9d677 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func (node *Node) Start() error {
 		return errors.New("have no topics to listen to")
 	}
 	weighted := make([]*semaphore.Weighted, len(allTopics))
-	const maxMessageHandlers = 2000
+	const maxMessageHandlers = 4096
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ownID := node.host.GetID()
 	errChan := make(chan error)