diff --git a/templates/default/my.cnf.erb b/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
index 072b48a2b53866f2cf7439ff1f15bc191d687adc..b978d32d1160c4cc12dcf0fbf1a0d3471042eac2 100644
--- a/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/my.cnf.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [mysqld]
 # * Fine Tuning
 key_buffer		= 16M
-max_allowed_packet	= 16M
+max_allowed_packet	= 128M
 thread_stack		= 192K
 thread_cache_size       = 8
 # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed