diff --git a/jobs/ingestor_syslog/templates/config/logstash.yml.erb b/jobs/ingestor_syslog/templates/config/logstash.yml.erb
index d4df7031..840a2c6a 100644
--- a/jobs/ingestor_syslog/templates/config/logstash.yml.erb
+++ b/jobs/ingestor_syslog/templates/config/logstash.yml.erb
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ queue.max_bytes: <%= p("logstash.queue.max_bytes") %>
 queue.checkpoint.acks: <%= p("logstash.queue.checkpoint.acks") %>
 queue.checkpoint.writes: <%= p("logstash.queue.checkpoint.writes") %>
 queue.checkpoint.interval: <%= p("logstash.queue.checkpoint.interval") %>
+pipeline.batch.size: 500