diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/MySocketTCP/genericSocket.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/MySocketTCP/genericSocket.h
index 00d5dc497..3a0a005fd 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/MySocketTCP/genericSocket.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/MySocketTCP/genericSocket.h
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ enum communicationProtocol{
        socketDescriptor=-1;
        return;
      }
+
+     //increase buffer size if its udp
+     if((communicationProtocol == UDP) && (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE, sizeof(int)) == -1))
+     {
+       cerr << "Cannot set socket receive buffer size" << endl;
+     }
+
+
      if (getProtocol()==SOCK_STREAM)
        listen(socketDescriptor, DEFAULT_BACKLOG); 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/sls_detector_defs.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/sls_detector_defs.h
index 10c704b2b..3f8cc44f9 100755
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/sls_detector_defs.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/sls_detector_defs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #define MAXDET 100
 /** header length for data :gotthard*/
 #define HEADERLENGTH 12
+/** udp socket buffer size - 100MB*/
+#define SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE (100*1024*1024)
 
 /** maximum rois */
 #define MAX_ROIS 100