diff --git a/examples/endpoint/endpoint.zig b/examples/endpoint/endpoint.zig
index 4648b68..d8a560d 100644
--- a/examples/endpoint/endpoint.zig
+++ b/examples/endpoint/endpoint.zig
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ fn listUsers(e: *zap.SimpleEndpoint, r: zap.SimpleRequest) void {
     var maybe_json: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var maybe_free: ?std.ArrayList(u8) = null;
     // if (users.count > 0) {
-    if (users.count > 20000) {
-        // if > 20000 users, 1MB might not be enough for json
+    if (users.count > 6000) {
+        // if > 6000 users, 1MB might not be enough for json
+        // ca 45 bytes of JSON overhead + 2 * 64 bytes of data
         if (zap.stringifyArrayListAlloc(alloc, User, &l, .{}) catch null) |string| {
             maybe_free = string;
             maybe_json = string.items;
diff --git a/src/zap.zig b/src/zap.zig
index 6e11bfe..0639b5a 100644
--- a/src/zap.zig
+++ b/src/zap.zig
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ pub const SimpleHttpListenerSettings = struct {
     on_request: ?SimpleHttpRequestFn,
     public_folder: ?[]const u8 = null,
     max_clients: ?isize = null,
+    max_body_size: ?usize = null,
     timeout: ?u8 = null,
     log: bool = false,
 };
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ pub const SimpleHttpListener = struct {
             .public_folder = pfolder,
             .public_folder_length = pfolder_len,
             .max_header_size = 32 * 1024,
-            .max_body_size = 50 * 1024 * 1024,
+            .max_body_size = self.settings.max_body_size orelse 50 * 1024 * 1024,
             .max_clients = self.settings.max_clients orelse 100,
             .tls = null,
             .reserved1 = 0,