diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/StringsTextExtractor.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/StringsTextExtractor.java
index 4ccc8d76c5..7183cf7346 100755
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/StringsTextExtractor.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/StringsTextExtractor.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class StringsTextExtractor extends FileTextExtractor {
 
         private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(EnglishOnlyStream.class.getName());
         private static final String NLS = Character.toString((char) 10); //new line
-        private static final int READ_BUF_SIZE = 256;
+        private static final int READ_BUF_SIZE = 65536;
         private static final int MIN_PRINTABLE_CHARS = 4; //num. of chars needed to qualify as a char string
 
         //args