diff --git a/cmd/lncli/main.go b/cmd/lncli/main.go
index eb1f85072a..d06c2de891 100644
--- a/cmd/lncli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lncli/main.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ var (
 	defaultTLSCertPath = filepath.Join(defaultLndDir, defaultTLSCertFilename)
 
 	// maxMsgRecvSize is the largest message our client will receive. We
-	// set this to ~50Mb atm.
-	maxMsgRecvSize = grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(1 * 1024 * 1024 * 50)
+	// set this to 200MiB atm.
+	maxMsgRecvSize = grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(1 * 1024 * 1024 * 200)
 )
 
 func fatal(err error) {