diff --git a/llarp/ev.cpp b/llarp/ev.cpp
index 1d7d23b13..4778b384f 100644
--- a/llarp/ev.cpp
+++ b/llarp/ev.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,20 @@ llarp_ev_add_tun(struct llarp_ev_loop *loop, struct llarp_tun_io *tun)
 }
 
 bool
-llarp_ev_tun_async_write(struct llarp_tun_io *tun, const void *pkt, size_t sz)
+llarp_tcp_conn_async_write(struct llarp_tcp_conn *conn, const void *pkt,
+                           size_t sz)
 {
-  return static_cast< llarp::ev_io * >(tun->impl)->queue_write(
-      (const byte_t *)pkt, sz);
+  constexpr size_t buffsz = llarp::ev_io::WriteBuffer::BufferSize;
+  const byte_t *ptr       = (const byte_t *)pkt;
+  llarp::ev_io *impl      = static_cast< llarp::ev_io * >(conn->impl);
+  while(sz > buffsz)
+  {
+    if(!impl->queue_write((const byte_t *)ptr, buffsz))
+      return false;
+    ptr += buffsz;
+    sz -= buffsz;
+  }
+  return impl->queue_write(ptr, sz);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -149,11 +159,12 @@ llarp_tcp_acceptor_close(struct llarp_tcp_acceptor *tcp)
 }
 
 bool
-llarp_tcp_conn_async_write(struct llarp_tcp_conn *conn, const void *buf,
-                           size_t sz)
+llarp_ev_tun_async_write(struct llarp_tun_io *tun, const void *buf, size_t sz)
 {
-  return static_cast< llarp::ev_io * >(conn->impl)
-      ->queue_write((const byte_t *)buf, sz);
+  if(sz > llarp::ev_io::WriteBuffer::BufferSize)
+    return false;
+  return static_cast< llarp::ev_io * >(tun->impl)->queue_write(
+      (const byte_t *)buf, sz);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/llarp/ev.hpp b/llarp/ev.hpp
index 9af1ef15d..94cd51a53 100644
--- a/llarp/ev.hpp
+++ b/llarp/ev.hpp
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ namespace llarp
   {
     struct WriteBuffer
     {
-      llarp_time_t timestamp = 0;
+      static constexpr size_t BufferSize = 2048;
+      llarp_time_t timestamp             = 0;
       size_t bufsz;
-      byte_t buf[1500];
+      byte_t buf[BufferSize];
 
       WriteBuffer() = default;
 
-      WriteBuffer(const void* ptr, size_t sz)
+      WriteBuffer(const byte_t* ptr, size_t sz)
       {
         if(sz <= sizeof(buf))
         {