diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 774c8ca17e30c2a2fe01ce30f958e4da84a37d48..3e2f15340c5aa7b0dda72b399acb1b49c195bcbd 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static char *app_ql_descrip =
 /*! \brief Persistent Members astdb family */
 static const char *pm_family = "/Queue/PersistentMembers";
 /* The maximum length of each persistent member queue database entry */
-#define PM_MAX_LEN 2048
+#define PM_MAX_LEN 8192
 
 /*! \brief queues.conf [general] option */
 static int queue_persistent_members = 0;