diff --git a/src/buffer.h b/src/buffer.h
index 6e953f1..22d2494 100644
--- a/src/buffer.h
+++ b/src/buffer.h
@@ -49,15 +49,18 @@ static inline size_t buffer_read_size (buffer_t *buffer)
 
 static inline void buffer_shift (buffer_t *buffer)
 {
+    if (buffer->read==buffer->data)
+        return;
+
     if (buffer->read==buffer->write) {
         buffer_format(buffer);
-    } else {
-        const uint8_t *src = PALIGN_DOWN(buffer->read);
-        const size_t size = ALIGN(buffer->write-src);
-        if (buffer->data+size<src) {
-            memcpy(buffer->data, src, size);
-            buffer->read  -= src-buffer->data;
-            buffer->write -= src-buffer->data;
-        }
+        return;
     }
+
+    const size_t size = buffer_read_size(buffer);
+
+    memmove(buffer->data, buffer->read, size);
+
+    buffer->read  = buffer->data;
+    buffer->write = buffer->data+size;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5ce434c..13d6a66 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 #define O_CLOEXEC 0
 #endif
 
-#define GT_BUFFER_SIZE  (64*1024)
-#define GT_TIMEOUT      (5000)
-#define GT_MTU_MAX      (1500)
-#define GT_TUNR_SIZE    (0x7FFF-16)
-#define GT_TUNW_SIZE    (0x7FFF)
+#define GT_TIMEOUT   (5000)
+#define GT_MTU_MAX   (1500)
+#define GT_PKT_MAX   (32*1024)
+#define GT_TUNR_SIZE (GT_PKT_MAX-16-2)
+#define GT_TUNW_SIZE (GT_PKT_MAX)
 
 struct fdbuf {
     int fd;
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     char *congestion = NULL;
     char *statefile = NULL;
 
-    long buffer_size = GT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+    long buffer_size = GT_PKT_MAX;
 
     long ka_count = -1;
     long ka_idle = -1;
@@ -1128,9 +1128,9 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     const int noquickack = option_is_set(opts, "noquickack");
     const int debug = option_is_set(opts, "debug");
 
-    if (buffer_size < 2048) {
-        buffer_size = 2048;
-        gt_log("buffer size must be greater than 2048\n");
+    if (buffer_size < GT_PKT_MAX) {
+        buffer_size = GT_PKT_MAX;
+        gt_log("buffer size must be greater than or equal to %li\n", buffer_size);
     }
 
     if (!listener) {
@@ -1395,6 +1395,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
                 }
             }
 
+            buffer_shift(&sock.write);
+
             if _1_(!stop_loop)
                 gt_encrypt(&ctx, &sock.write, &tun.read);
 
@@ -1417,8 +1419,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
                 }
             }
 
-            buffer_shift(&sock.write);
-
             if (FD_ISSET(sock.fd, &rfds)) {
                 if (noquickack)
                     sk_set_int(sock.fd, sk_quickack, 0);