diff --git a/lib/lightning.py b/lib/lightning.py
index 4e2390427..463b69539 100644
--- a/lib/lightning.py
+++ b/lib/lightning.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ async def readJson(reader):
       except ValueError:
         if data != b"": print("parse failed, data has", data)
         try:
-            data += await asyncio.wait_for(reader.read(2048), 1)
+            data += await asyncio.wait_for(reader.read(1), 1)
         except TimeoutError:
             continue