diff --git a/rai/core/core.cpp b/rai/core/core.cpp
index 57d875d5..f225abac 100644
--- a/rai/core/core.cpp
+++ b/rai/core/core.cpp
@@ -3469,6 +3469,8 @@ void rai::bulk_push_client::push ()
             }
             return result;
         });
+		rai::frontier frontier;
+		connection->connection->client->store.latest_get (current->first, frontier);
         filler.generate (frontier.hash);
         push_block ();
     }
diff --git a/rai/core/core.hpp b/rai/core/core.hpp
index 1098c0d7..e7bae06e 100644
--- a/rai/core/core.hpp
+++ b/rai/core/core.hpp
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ namespace rai {
         void completed_pushes ();
         std::unordered_map <rai::account, rai::block_hash> pulls;
         std::unordered_map <rai::account, rai::block_hash> pushes;
-        std::array <uint8_t, 4000> receive_buffer;
+        std::array <uint8_t, 200> receive_buffer;
         std::shared_ptr <rai::bootstrap_client> connection;
         rai::account_iterator current;
         rai::account_iterator end;
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ namespace rai {
         void received_type ();
         void received_block (boost::system::error_code const &, size_t);
         void process_end ();
-        std::array <uint8_t, 4000> receive_buffer;
+        std::array <uint8_t, 200> receive_buffer;
         std::shared_ptr <rai::frontier_req_client> connection;
         std::unordered_map <rai::account, rai::block_hash>::iterator current;
         std::unordered_map <rai::account, rai::block_hash>::iterator end;