diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Connection.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Connection.java
index ec30e49..fa87683 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Connection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Connection.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class Connection {
     public void connect() throws UnknownHostException, IOException {
 	if (!connected) {
 	    socket = new Socket(host, port);
+	    socket.setReceiveBufferSize(256);
 	    connected = socket.isConnected();
 	    outputStream = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
 	    inputStream = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(socket