diff --git a/src/backupformat/rsync.js b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
index bf400813b..baa2b60e0 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/rsync.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ async function saveFsMetadata(dataLayout, metadataFile) {
 
     // we assume small number of files. spawnSync will raise a ENOBUFS error after maxBuffer
     for (let lp of dataLayout.localPaths()) {
-        const emptyDirs = safe.child_process.execSync(`find ${lp} -type d -empty`, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 30 });
+        const emptyDirs = safe.child_process.execSync(`find ${lp} -type d -empty`, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 80 });
         if (emptyDirs === null) throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Error finding empty dirs: ${safe.error.message}`);
         if (emptyDirs.length) metadata.emptyDirs = metadata.emptyDirs.concat(emptyDirs.trim().split('\n').map((ed) => dataLayout.toRemotePath(ed)));
 
-        const execFiles = safe.child_process.execSync(`find ${lp} -type f -executable`, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 30 });
+        const execFiles = safe.child_process.execSync(`find ${lp} -type f -executable`, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 80 });
         if (execFiles === null) throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Error finding executables: ${safe.error.message}`);
         if (execFiles.length) metadata.execFiles = metadata.execFiles.concat(execFiles.trim().split('\n').map((ef) => dataLayout.toRemotePath(ef)));