diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index 52c4c8cc..524a97ec 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ start_server(int flags)
 
     market_init();
     update_init();
-    empth_create(player_accept, 50 * 1024, flags, "AcceptPlayers", NULL);
+    empth_create(player_accept, 65536, flags, "AcceptPlayers", NULL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/server/marketup.c b/src/server/marketup.c
index 758d9ef7..44999c20 100644
--- a/src/server/marketup.c
+++ b/src/server/marketup.c
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ market_init(void)
     dp = player_new(-1);
     if (!dp)
 	exit_nomem();
-    if (!empth_create(market_update, 50 * 1024, 0, "MarketUpdate", dp))
+    if (!empth_create(market_update, 65536, 0, "MarketUpdate", dp))
 	exit_nomem();
 }
diff --git a/src/server/shutdown.c b/src/server/shutdown.c
index 77ca3398..d7c6b708 100644
--- a/src/server/shutdown.c
+++ b/src/server/shutdown.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ shutdown_initiate(int mins_from_now)
 		    mins_from_now);
 	empth_wakeup(shutdown_thread);
     } else {
-	shutdown_thread = empth_create(shutdown_sequence, 50 * 1024, 0,
+	shutdown_thread = empth_create(shutdown_sequence, 65536, 0,
 				       "shutdownSeq", NULL);
 	if (!shutdown_thread) {
 	    shutdown_pending = 0;