diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 59cd5902b..34e83e684 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ build_flags =
   -D CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_RUNNING_CORE=1 ; force async_tcp task to be on same core as Arduino app (default is any core)
   -D CONFIG_ASYNC_TCP_STACK_SIZE=6144 ; stack usage measured: ESP32: ~2.3K, ESP32S3: ~3.5k - (default is 16K)
   ; ESPAsyncWebServer
-  -D WS_MAX_QUEUED_MESSAGES=0 ; log messages are already queued in ems-esp
+  ; -D WS_MAX_QUEUED_MESSAGES=0 ; not used, default 8
+  ; -D SSE_MAX_QUEUED_MESSAGES=1 ; for log messages, default 32
   -D CORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
   -D EMSESP_SCHEDULER_RUNNING_CORE=1
-  -D EMSESP_SCHEDULER_STACKSIZE=6144
-  -D EMSESP_MQTT_RUNNING_CORE=1
+  -D EMSESP_SCHEDULER_STACKSIZE=8192
+  -D EMSESP_MQTT_RUNNING_CORE=1 ; default 1
+  ; -D EMSESP_MQTT_STACKSIZE=5120 ; default
+  -D EMSESP_UART_RUNNING_CORE=1 ; default any core
+  ; -D EMSESP_UART_STACKSIZE=2560 ; default
 
 unbuild_flags =
   ${common.core_unbuild_flags}
@@ -104,8 +108,8 @@ build_type = release
 board_build.filesystem = littlefs
 lib_deps =
   bblanchon/ArduinoJson @ 7.4.2
-  ESP32Async/AsyncTCP @ 3.4.2
-  ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer @ 3.7.9
+  ESP32Async/AsyncTCP @ 3.4.6
+  ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer @ 3.7.10
   https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP-Modules.git @ 1.0.8
 
 ;
diff --git a/src/web/WebLogService.cpp b/src/web/WebLogService.cpp
index 7921812b1..214204f2c 100644
--- a/src/web/WebLogService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebLogService.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void WebLogService::show(Shell & shell) {
 }
 
 void WebLogService::loop() {
-    if (!events_.count() || log_messages_.empty()) {
+    if (!events_.count() || log_messages_.empty() || events_.avgPacketsWaiting() >= SSE_MAX_QUEUED_MESSAGES) {
         return;
     }