diff --git a/deploy/tasks/buildah-oci-ta.yaml b/deploy/tasks/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
index f5662a5f3..f25a8d1d2 100644
--- a/deploy/tasks/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/deploy/tasks/buildah-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ spec:
     - name: BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE
       description: The byte buffer size to use for the domain proxy.
       type: string
-      default: 2048
+      default: 1024
     - name: PROXY_TARGET_WHITELIST
       description: Comma separated whitelist of target hosts for the domain proxy.
       type: string
diff --git a/java-components/domain-proxy/client/src/main/resources/application.properties b/java-components/domain-proxy/client/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 5ae321872..9c0d6f0e0 100644
--- a/java-components/domain-proxy/client/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/java-components/domain-proxy/client/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 client-domain-socket=${DOMAIN_SOCKET:/tmp/domain-server}
 client-http-port=8080
-byte-buffer-size=${BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE:2048}
+byte-buffer-size=${BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE:1024}
 quarkus.log.min-level=ALL
 quarkus.log.level=ALL
 quarkus.log.console.format=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} [Domain Proxy Client] %-5p [%c{3.}] (%t) %s%e%n
diff --git a/java-components/domain-proxy/common/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/domainproxy/common/CommonIOUtil.java b/java-components/domain-proxy/common/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/domainproxy/common/CommonIOUtil.java
index 2f5ce2f56..cc7876be7 100644
--- a/java-components/domain-proxy/common/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/domainproxy/common/CommonIOUtil.java
+++ b/java-components/domain-proxy/common/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/domainproxy/common/CommonIOUtil.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 public final class CommonIOUtil {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(CommonIOUtil.class);
+    private static final Object CLOSE_LOCK = new Object();
 
     public static Runnable createSocketToChannelWriter(final int byteBufferSize, final Socket socket,
             final SocketChannel channel) {
@@ -39,16 +40,7 @@ public static Runnable createSocketToChannelWriter(final int byteBufferSize, fin
             } catch (final IOException e) {
                 LOG.errorf(e, "Error writing from socket to channel");
             } finally {
-                try {
-                    channel.close();
-                } catch (final IOException e) {
-                    LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing channel");
-                }
-                try {
-                    socket.close();
-                } catch (final IOException e) {
-                    LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing socket");
-                }
+                closeSocketAndChannel(socket, channel);
             }
             LOG.infof("Wrote %d bytes from socket to channel", bytesWritten);
         };
@@ -61,7 +53,6 @@ public static Runnable createChannelToSocketWriter(final int byteBufferSize, fin
             Thread.currentThread().setName("ChannelToSocketWriter");
             int r;
             final ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(byteBufferSize);
-            buf.clear();
             int bytesWritten = 0;
             LOG.info("Writing from channel to socket");
             try {
@@ -82,18 +73,28 @@ public static Runnable createChannelToSocketWriter(final int byteBufferSize, fin
             } catch (final IOException e) {
                 LOG.errorf(e, "Error writing from channel to socket");
             } finally {
-                try {
+                closeSocketAndChannel(socket, channel);
+            }
+            LOG.infof("Wrote %d bytes from channel to socket", bytesWritten);
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static void closeSocketAndChannel(final Socket socket, final SocketChannel channel) {
+        synchronized (CLOSE_LOCK) {
+            try {
+                if (channel != null && channel.isOpen()) {
                     channel.close();
-                } catch (final IOException e) {
-                    LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing channel");
                 }
-                try {
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing channel");
+            }
+            try {
+                if (socket != null && !socket.isClosed()) {
                     socket.close();
-                } catch (final IOException e) {
-                    LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing socket");
                 }
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                LOG.errorf(e, "Error closing socket");
             }
-            LOG.infof("Wrote %d bytes from channel to socket", bytesWritten);
-        };
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/java-components/domain-proxy/server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/java-components/domain-proxy/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
index c6914e176..1eab42a1f 100644
--- a/java-components/domain-proxy/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/java-components/domain-proxy/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 server-domain-socket=${DOMAIN_SOCKET:/tmp/domain-server}
 server-http-port=2000
-byte-buffer-size=${BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE:2048}
+byte-buffer-size=${BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE:1024}
 proxy-target-whitelist=${PROXY_TARGET_WHITELIST:repo.maven.apache.org,repository.jboss.org,packages.confluent.io,jitpack.io,repo.gradle.org,plugins.gradle.org}
 quarkus.rest-client.proxy-address=${INTERNAL_PROXY_ADDRESS:indy-generic-proxy:80}
 quarkus.rest-client.proxy-user=${INTERNAL_PROXY_USER}