diff --git a/src/input/input_buffer.cpp b/src/input/input_buffer.cpp
index fbc31196..6e90952b 100644
--- a/src/input/input_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/input/input_buffer.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace Mist {
     if (!metaPages.count(0) || !metaPages[0].mapped){
       char pageName[NAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
       snprintf(pageName, NAME_BUFFER_SIZE, SHM_STREAM_INDEX, streamName.c_str());
-      metaPages[0].init(pageName, 8 * 1024 * 1024, true);
+      metaPages[0].init(pageName, DEFAULT_META_PAGE_SIZE,  true);
       metaPages[0].master = false;
     }
     myMeta.writeTo(metaPages[0].mapped);
diff --git a/src/io.cpp b/src/io.cpp
index 83595250..6021e62d 100644
--- a/src/io.cpp
+++ b/src/io.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Mist {
     //Open the page for the metadata
     char pageName[NAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
     snprintf(pageName, NAME_BUFFER_SIZE, SHM_STREAM_INDEX, streamName.c_str());
-    metaPages[0].init(pageName, 8 * 1024 * 1024, true);
+    metaPages[0].init(pageName, DEFAULT_META_PAGE_SIZE, true);
     //Make sure we don't delete it on accident
     metaPages[0].master = false;