diff --git a/src/include/switch_types.h b/src/include/switch_types.h
index b120b0a247..fb6a92533f 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_types.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_types.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE_DATA extern switch_directories SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs;
 #define SWITCH_MAX_STATE_HANDLERS 30
 #define SWITCH_TRUE 1
 #define SWITCH_FALSE 0
-#define SWITCH_CORE_QUEUE_LEN 20000
+#define SWITCH_CORE_QUEUE_LEN 100000
 
 typedef enum {
 	SWITCH_XML_SECTION_RESULT = 0,
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 25b687b422..596b5e9aa0 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ static void *SWITCH_THREAD_FUNC switch_core_sql_thread(switch_thread_t *thread,
 	uint32_t itterations = 0;
 	uint8_t trans = 0;
 	switch_time_t last_commit = switch_time_now();
-	uint32_t freq = 1000, target = 500, diff = 0;
+	uint32_t freq = 1000, target = 1000, diff = 0;
 	
 	if (!runtime.event_db) {
 		runtime.event_db = switch_core_db_handle();
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ static void core_event_handler(switch_event_t *event)
 
 	switch (event->event_id) {
 	case SWITCH_EVENT_CHANNEL_DESTROY:
-		switch_core_db_mprintf("delete from channels where uuid='%s'", switch_event_get_header(event, "unique-id"));
+		sql = switch_core_db_mprintf("delete from channels where uuid='%s'", switch_event_get_header(event, "unique-id"));
 		break;
 	case SWITCH_EVENT_CHANNEL_CREATE:
 		sql = switch_core_db_mprintf("insert into channels (uuid,created,name,state) values('%q','%q','%q','%q')",