diff --git a/messaging/msgq.h b/messaging/msgq.h
index 90a20ac..8af069d 100644
--- a/messaging/msgq.h
+++ b/messaging/msgq.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #define DEFAULT_SEGMENT_SIZE (10 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define NUM_READERS 10
+#define NUM_READERS 12
 #define ALIGN(n) ((n + (8 - 1)) & -8)
 
 #define UNPACK64(higher, lower, input) do {uint64_t tmp = input; higher = tmp >> 32; lower = tmp & 0xFFFFFFFF;} while (0)