diff --git a/aux/binpac b/aux/binpac
index bb2476465e..ce89e30109 160000
--- a/aux/binpac
+++ b/aux/binpac
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bb2476465e304a00c368bd73d40cc6f734be5311
+Subproject commit ce89e301091fd8fd6ef53701b7b29a79d888b637
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 473f3a72e7..09b1ebfaeb 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -893,7 +893,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 	// Must come after plugin activation (and also after hash
 	// initialization).
-	binpac::init();
+	binpac::FlowBuffer::Policy flowbuffer_policy;
+	flowbuffer_policy.max_capacity = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+	flowbuffer_policy.min_capacity = 512;
+	flowbuffer_policy.contract_threshold = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+	binpac::init(&flowbuffer_policy);
 
 	init_event_handlers();