diff --git a/src/drivers/display.cpp b/src/drivers/display.cpp
index 0664638b..7ab7b3e8 100644
--- a/src/drivers/display.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/display.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "assert.h"
 #include "driver/gpio.h"
 #include "driver/ledc.h"
+#include "driver/spi_common.h"
 #include "driver/spi_master.h"
 #include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
@@ -47,16 +48,16 @@ static const gpio_num_t kDisplayCs = GPIO_NUM_22;
 /*
  * The size of each of our two display buffers. This is fundamentally a balance
  * between performance and memory usage. LVGL docs recommend a buffer 1/10th the
- * size of the screen is the best tradeoff.
+ * size of the screen is the best tradeoff, but we instead just use the max DMA
+ * buffer size.
  * We use two buffers so that one can be flushed to the screen at the same time
  * as the other is being drawn.
  */
-static const int kDisplayBufferSize = (kDisplayWidth * kDisplayHeight) / 10;
+static const int kDisplayBufferSize = SPI_MAX_DMA_LEN;
 
 // Allocate both buffers in static memory to ensure that they're in DRAM, with
 // minimal fragmentation. We most cases we always need these buffers anyway, so
 // it's not a memory hit we can avoid.
-// Note: 128 * 160 / 10 * 2 bpp * 2 buffers = 8 KiB
 DMA_ATTR static lv_color_t sBuffer1[kDisplayBufferSize];
 DMA_ATTR static lv_color_t sBuffer2[kDisplayBufferSize];
 
diff --git a/src/drivers/spi.cpp b/src/drivers/spi.cpp
index b31d1460..93bf9cde 100644
--- a/src/drivers/spi.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/spi.cpp
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ esp_err_t init_spi(void) {
       .data7_io_num = -1,
 
       // Use the DMA default size. The display requires larger buffers, but it
-      // manages its down use of DMA-capable memory.
-      .max_transfer_sz = 128 * 16 * 2,  // TODO: hmm
+      // manages its own use of DMA-capable memory.
+      .max_transfer_sz = 4096,
       .flags = SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_MASTER | SPICOMMON_BUSFLAG_IOMUX_PINS,
       .intr_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LOWMED | ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM,
-      //.intr_flags = ESP_INTR_FLAG_LOWMED | ESP_INTR_FLAG_SHARED |
-      // ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM,
   };
 
   if (esp_err_t err = spi_bus_initialize(kSpiHost, &config, SPI_DMA_CH_AUTO)) {