diff --git a/cmd/client/main.go b/cmd/client/main.go
index 5b762d7..44166ac 100644
--- a/cmd/client/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/main.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ it uses the icmp protocol.`,
 
 	cmdSend.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&listenAddr, "listen", "l", "0.0.0.0", "address used for listening echo reply")
 
-	cmdSend.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&chunkSize, "size", "s", 65507, "Size of each ICMP data section send by packet")
+	cmdSend.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&chunkSize, "size", "s", 65488, "Size of each ICMP data section send by packet")
 
 	cmdSend.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&delay, "delay", "d", 4, "delay between each packet sent")
 
diff --git a/pkg/icmp/receive.go b/pkg/icmp/receive.go
index d65eea1..874c9d3 100644
--- a/pkg/icmp/receive.go
+++ b/pkg/icmp/receive.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func GetMessageSizeAndSender(listenAddr string) (size int, sender string) {
 	}
 	defer c.Close()
 
-	packet := make([]byte, 65507)
+	packet := make([]byte, 65535)
 	n, peer, err := c.ReadFrom(packet)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error while reading icmp packet:", err)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func ServeTemporary(listenAddr string, n int, progressBar bool, delay int) (data
 
 //Get a single packet then add the data to the slice (= chunked data) and remove the index from the indexes
 func getPacket(c *icmp.PacketConn, data []string, indexes map[int]int) {
-	packet := make([]byte, 65507)
+	packet := make([]byte, 65535)
 	n, peer, err := c.ReadFrom(packet)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error while reading icmp packet:", err)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func getPacket(c *icmp.PacketConn, data []string, indexes map[int]int) {
 
 //Get a single packet then add the data to the slice (= chunked data), remove the index from the indexes & update the crossbar
 func getPacketAndBarUpdate(bar *progressbar.ProgressBar, c *icmp.PacketConn, data []string, indexes map[int]int) {
-	packet := make([]byte, 65507)
+	packet := make([]byte, 65535)
 	n, peer, err := c.ReadFrom(packet)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error while reading icmp packet:", err)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func IntegrityCheck(hash string) {
 	defer c.Close()
 
 	for {
-		packet := make([]byte, 65507)
+		packet := make([]byte, 65535)
 		n, peer, err := c.ReadFrom(packet)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("Error while reading icmp packet:", err)
diff --git a/pkg/icmp/send.go b/pkg/icmp/send.go
index 826ddb8..f798811 100644
--- a/pkg/icmp/send.go
+++ b/pkg/icmp/send.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func IcmpSendAndWaitForReply(listeningReplyAddr string, remoteAddr string, data
 	}
 
 	// Wait for a reply
-	reply := make([]byte, 65507)
+	reply := make([]byte, 65535)
 	err = c.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second))
 	if err != nil {
 		return dst, 0, err