diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
index 3695857e..d3c736a4 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
             AudioFormat::S24_3 => "S24".to_string(),
             _ => format!("{:?}", format),
         };
+        let sample_size = format.size();
+        let gst_bytes = 2048 * sample_size;
 
         let pipeline_str_preamble = format!(
-            "appsrc caps=\"audio/x-raw,format={}LE,layout=interleaved,channels={},rate={}\" block=true max-bytes=4096 name=appsrc0 ",
-            gst_format, NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE
+            "appsrc caps=\"audio/x-raw,format={}LE,layout=interleaved,channels={},rate={}\" block=true max-bytes={} name=appsrc0 ",
+            gst_format, NUM_CHANNELS, SAMPLE_RATE, gst_bytes
         );
         let pipeline_str_rest = r#" ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink"#;
         let pipeline_str: String = match device {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
         let bufferpool = gst::BufferPool::new();
         let appsrc_caps = appsrc.get_caps().expect("couldn't get appsrc caps");
         let mut conf = bufferpool.get_config();
-        conf.set_params(Some(&appsrc_caps), 2048 * format.size() as u32, 0, 0);
+        conf.set_params(Some(&appsrc_caps), 4096 * sample_size as u32, 0, 0);
         bufferpool
             .set_config(conf)
             .expect("couldn't configure the buffer pool");
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
             .set_active(true)
             .expect("couldn't activate buffer pool");
 
-        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<Vec<u8>>(64 * format.size());
+        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<Vec<u8>>(64 * sample_size);
         thread::spawn(move || {
             for data in rx {
                 let buffer = bufferpool.acquire_buffer(None);