diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js
index df5dcfe4a..676c81bbe 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/networkTestHelper.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       RcvOnly: 5
     }
     var STARTING_NUM_CLIENTS = 4;
-    var PAYLOAD_SIZE = 100;
+    var PAYLOAD_SIZE = gon.global.ftue_network_test_packet_size;
     var MINIMUM_ACCEPTABLE_SESSION_SIZE = 2;
 
     var gearUtils = context.JK.GearUtils;
diff --git a/web/config/application.rb b/web/config/application.rb
index 0630d497f..6ad4d576e 100644
--- a/web/config/application.rb
+++ b/web/config/application.rb
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ if defined?(Bundler)
     config.ftue_network_test_duration = 10
     # max number of people to test
     config.ftue_network_test_max_clients = 8
+    # packet size (bytes) of test
+    config.ftue_network_test_packet_size = 60
     # the maximum amount of allowable latency
     config.ftue_maximum_gear_latency = 20
 
@@ -254,5 +256,6 @@ if defined?(Bundler)
     config.max_good_full_score = 20
     config.max_yellow_full_score = 35
     config.max_red_full_score = 50
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/web/config/initializers/gon.rb b/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
index 7e4fa531e..bd840b32f 100644
--- a/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
+++ b/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Gon.global.facebook_app_id = Rails.application.config.facebook_app_id
-Gon.global.env = Rails.env
\ No newline at end of file
+Gon.global.ftue_network_test_packet_size = Rails.application.config.ftue_network_test_packet_size
+Gon.global.env = Rails.env