diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f8e36d0..b4ec796 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   layersdb:
     image: mariadb:10.2
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --wait_timeout=28800
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --wait_timeout=28800 --max_allowed_packet=128M
     environment:
      - "MYSQL_DATABASE=layersdb"
      - "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=testingpw"