diff --git a/unbound/unbound.conf b/unbound/unbound.conf
index 3c7780e..d3a0bd2 100644
--- a/unbound/unbound.conf
+++ b/unbound/unbound.conf
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ server:
     # When it reaches the threshold, a defensive action of clearing the rrset
     # and message caches is taken, hopefully flushing away any poison.
     # Unbound suggests a value of 10 million.
-    unwanted-reply-threshold: 10000
+    unwanted-reply-threshold: 10000000
 
     # Use 0x20-encoded random bits in the query to foil spoof attempts. This
     # perturbs the lowercase and uppercase of query names sent to authority
     # servers and checks if the reply still has the correct casing.
     # This feature is an experimental implementation of draft dns-0x20.
     # Experimental option.
-    use-caps-for-id: yes
+    #use-caps-for-id: yes
 
     # Help protect users that rely on this validator for authentication from
     # potentially bad data in the additional section. Instruct the validator to
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ server:
     # The number of threads to create to serve clients.
     # This is set dynamically at run time to effectively use available CPUs
     # resources
-    num-threads: 3
+    #num-threads: 3
 
     # Number of ports to open. This number of file descriptors can be opened
     # per thread.
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ server:
     # incoming queries to threads more evenly.
     so-reuseport: yes
 
+    # Ensure kernel buffer is large enough to not lose messages in traffic spikes
+    so-rcvbuf: 1m
+
     ###########################################################################
     # LOCAL ZONE
     ###########################################################################