diff --git a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
index f3b06870b..75b3ca5c7 100644
--- a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
+++ b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,13 @@ static bool _start_async_task() {
         return false;
     }
     if (!_async_service_task_handle) {
-        customTaskCreateUniversal(_async_service_task, "async_tcp", CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE, NULL, CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY, &_async_service_task_handle, CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE);
+        customTaskCreateUniversal(_async_service_task,
+                                  "async_tcp",
+                                  CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE,
+                                  NULL,
+                                  CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY,
+                                  &_async_service_task_handle,
+                                  CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE);
         if (!_async_service_task_handle) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
index e361a520c..ec21f6fd2 100644
--- a/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
+++ b/lib/AsyncTCP/src/AsyncTCP.h
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_TASK_PRIORITY 5
 #endif
 
+// stack usage measured: ESP32: ~2.3K, ESP32S3: ~3.5k
 #ifndef CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE
 #define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE 5120
 #endif
 
 
+// maybe enlarge queue to 64 or 128 see https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP32/issues/177
 #ifndef CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_QUEUE
-#define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_QUEUE 128
+#define CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_QUEUE 32
 #endif
 
 class AsyncClient;
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 407928203..a61fb66ef 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ build_flags =
   -D ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE=0
   -D ARDUINOTRACE_ENABLE=0
   -D CONFIG_ETH_ENABLED
-  -D CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE=8192
+  -D CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE=5120
 
 unbuild_flags =
   ${common.core_unbuild_flags}