diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkthread.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkthread.cpp
index 5014a0e0c..98655de9c 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkthread.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkthread.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void FileSinkThread::setSamplerate(int samplerate)
 
 		// resize sample FIFO
 		if (m_sampleFifo) {
-		    m_sampleFifo->resize(2*samplerate, samplerate/2); // 2s buffer with 500ms write chunk size
+		    m_sampleFifo->resize(samplerate, samplerate/4); // 1s buffer with 250ms write chunk size
 		}
 
 		m_samplerate = samplerate;