diff --git a/buffer_8/buffer.c b/buffer_8/buffer.c
index 0f7e9a1..e8eb0e9 100644
--- a/buffer_8/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer_8/buffer.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 // implementation for a FIFO-buffer with ints
 // this very simple FIFO-buffer can only hold one int
-#define FIFO_SIZE 8
+#define FIFO_SIZE 100
 
 // shared variables within this file
 static int FIFO[FIFO_SIZE];