diff --git a/lib/pool.js b/lib/pool.js
index 2602a5d..6002a2b 100644
--- a/lib/pool.js
+++ b/lib/pool.js
@@ -394,7 +394,13 @@ function Miner(id, login, pass, ipAddress, startingDiff, messageSender, protoVer
 
     this.updateDifficulty = function(){
         if (this.hashes > 0) {
-            this.setNewDiff(Math.floor(this.hashes / (Math.floor((Date.now() - this.connectTime) / 1000))) * global.config.pool.targetTime);
+            let newDiff = 0;
+            if (this.proxy){
+                newDiff = Math.floor(Math.floor(this.hashes / (Math.floor((Date.now() - this.connectTime) / 1000))) * global.config.pool.targetTime/10);
+            } else {
+                newDiff = Math.floor(this.hashes / (Math.floor((Date.now() - this.connectTime) / 1000))) * global.config.pool.targetTime;
+            }
+            this.setNewDiff(newDiff);
         } else {
             this.updateDifficultyOld();
         }
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ function Miner(id, login, pass, ipAddress, startingDiff, messageSender, protoVer
     this.setNewDiff = function (difficulty) {
         this.newDiff = Math.round(difficulty);
         debug(threadName + "Difficulty: " + this.newDiff + " For: " + this.logString + " Time Average: " + this.shareTimeBuffer.average(this.lastShareTime) + " Entries: " + this.shareTimeBuffer.size() + "  Sum: " + this.shareTimeBuffer.sum());
-        if (this.newDiff > global.config.pool.maxDifficulty) {
+        if (this.newDiff > global.config.pool.maxDifficulty && !this.proxy) {
             this.newDiff = global.config.pool.maxDifficulty;
         }
         if (this.difficulty === this.newDiff) {
@@ -876,7 +882,7 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) {
 
             socket.on('data', function (d) {
                 dataBuffer += d;
-                if (Buffer.byteLength(dataBuffer, 'utf8') > 10240) { //10KB
+                if (Buffer.byteLength(dataBuffer, 'utf8') > 102400) { //10KB
                     dataBuffer = null;
                     console.warn(threadName + 'Excessive packet size from: ' + socket.remoteAddress);
                     socket.destroy();