diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index fc201f72cc..01ef2f4535 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog;
 
 using HotChocolate.AspNetCore;
+using HotChocolate.Subscriptions;
 using HotChocolate.Types;
 
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
@@ -311,7 +312,11 @@ void ConfigureNewtonsoftJsonSerializerSettingsForApi(JsonSerializerSettings sett
 					})
 #endif
 					.AddMutationConventions()
-					.AddInMemorySubscriptions()
+					.AddInMemorySubscriptions(
+						new SubscriptionOptions
+						{
+							TopicBufferCapacity = 1024, // mainly so high for tests, not possible to DoS the server without authentication and some other access to generate messages
+						})
 					.AddGlobalObjectIdentification()
 					.AddQueryFieldToMutationPayloads()
 					.ModifyOptions(options =>