diff --git a/src/uart/emsuart_esp32.cpp b/src/uart/emsuart_esp32.cpp
index 90eb39ba7..6055ac3c4 100644
--- a/src/uart/emsuart_esp32.cpp
+++ b/src/uart/emsuart_esp32.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ void EMSuart::start(const uint8_t tx_mode, const uint8_t rx_gpio, const uint8_t
         uart_set_rx_full_threshold(EMSUART_NUM, 1);
         uart_set_rx_timeout(EMSUART_NUM, 0); // disable
 
-        // note setting the static max buffer to 1024 causes OTA to fail
-        xTaskCreate(uart_event_task, "uart_event_task", 2048, NULL, configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1, NULL);
+        // note esp32s3 crashes with 2k stacksize, stack overflow here sometimes wipes settingsfiles.
+        xTaskCreate(uart_event_task, "uart_event_task", 2560, NULL, configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1, NULL);
     }
     tx_mode_ = tx_mode;
     uart_enable_intr_mask(EMSUART_NUM, UART_BRK_DET_INT_ENA | UART_RXFIFO_FULL_INT_ENA);