diff --git a/lib/readline-sync.js b/lib/readline-sync.js
index 6b891ee..64b0858 100644
--- a/lib/readline-sync.js
+++ b/lib/readline-sync.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var
 
   promptText = '> ',
   encoding = 'utf8',
-  bufSize = 256,
+  bufSize = 1024,
   useShell = true, print, tempdir, salt = 0;
 
 function _readlineSync(display, options) {