diff --git a/src/d_clisrv.h b/src/d_clisrv.h
index c6d83fa1a..013990325 100644
--- a/src/d_clisrv.h
+++ b/src/d_clisrv.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ applications may follow different packet versions.
 //  be transmitted.
 
 // Networking and tick handling related.
-#define BACKUPTICS 32
+#define BACKUPTICS 1024
 #define TICQUEUE 512 // more than enough for most timeouts....
 #define MAXTEXTCMD 256
 //