diff --git a/spade/Agent.py b/spade/Agent.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spade/Agent.py
+++ b/spade/Agent.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ color_purple       = chr(27) + "[35;1m"
 color_bright_cyan  = chr(27) + "[36;1m"
 color_white        = chr(27) + "[37;1m"
 
-
+threading.stack_size(64 * 1024)  # 64k compo
 
 class AbstractAgent(MessageReceiver.MessageReceiver):
     """
Threading stack size value changed to <I>K