diff --git a/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue.go b/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue.go
index 8c677478..65d5e3af 100644
--- a/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue.go
+++ b/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ type actionQueue struct {
 	readers     chan struct{}
 }
 
+func NewDefaultActionQueue() ActionQueue {
+	return NewActionQueue(10, 200)
+}
+
 func NewActionQueue(maxReaders int, maxQueueLen int) ActionQueue {
 	return &actionQueue{
 		batcher:     mb.New[ActionFunc](maxQueueLen),
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ func (q *actionQueue) Send(action ActionFunc) (err error) {
 	}
 	log.With(zap.Error(err)).Debug("queue returned error")
 	actions := q.batcher.GetAll()
-	actions = actions[len(actions)/2:]
+	actions = append(actions[len(actions)/2:], action)
 	return q.batcher.Add(context.Background(), actions...)
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ func (q *actionQueue) startReading() {
 }
 
 func (q *actionQueue) Close() {
+	log.Debug("closing the queue")
 	q.batcher.Close()
 	for i := 0; i < q.maxReaders; i++ {
 		<-q.readers
diff --git a/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue_test.go b/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eef4a952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/commonspace/objectsync/actionqueue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package objectsync
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestActionQueue_Send(t *testing.T) {
+	maxReaders := 41
+	maxLen := 93
+
+	queue := NewActionQueue(maxReaders, maxLen).(*actionQueue)
+	counter := atomic.Int32{}
+	expectedCounter := int32(maxReaders + (maxLen+1)/2 + 1)
+	blocker := make(chan struct{}, expectedCounter)
+	waiter := make(chan struct{}, expectedCounter)
+	increase := func() error {
+		counter.Add(1)
+		waiter <- struct{}{}
+		<-blocker
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	queue.Run()
+	// sending maxReaders messages, so the goroutines will block on `blocker` channel
+	for i := 0; i < maxReaders; i++ {
+		queue.Send(increase)
+	}
+	// waiting until they all make progress
+	for i := 0; i < maxReaders; i++ {
+		<-waiter
+	}
+	fmt.Println(counter.Load())
+	// check that queue is empty
+	require.Equal(t, queue.batcher.Len(), 0)
+	// making queue to overflow while readers are blocked
+	for i := 0; i < maxLen+1; i++ {
+		queue.Send(increase)
+	}
+	// check that queue was halved after overflow
+	require.Equal(t, (maxLen+1)/2+1, queue.batcher.Len())
+	// unblocking maxReaders waiting + then we should also unblock the new readers to do a bit more readings
+	for i := 0; i < int(expectedCounter); i++ {
+		blocker <- struct{}{}
+	}
+	// waiting for all readers to finish adding
+	for i := 0; i < int(expectedCounter)-maxReaders; i++ {
+		<-waiter
+	}
+	queue.Close()
+	require.Equal(t, expectedCounter, counter.Load())
+}
diff --git a/common/commonspace/objectsync/objectsync.go b/common/commonspace/objectsync/objectsync.go
index f9d1fd86..b3c482a6 100644
--- a/common/commonspace/objectsync/objectsync.go
+++ b/common/commonspace/objectsync/objectsync.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func newObjectSync(
 		checker:      checker,
 		syncCtx:      syncCtx,
 		cancelSync:   cancel,
-		actionQueue:  NewActionQueue(maxStreamReaders, 100),
+		actionQueue:  NewDefaultActionQueue(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/common/commonspace/objectsync/streampool.go b/common/commonspace/objectsync/streampool.go
index 46689ab8..891c5f5f 100644
--- a/common/commonspace/objectsync/streampool.go
+++ b/common/commonspace/objectsync/streampool.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (s *streamPool) Close() (err error) {
 func (s *streamPool) readPeerLoop(peerId string, stream spacesyncproto.ObjectSyncStream) (err error) {
 	var (
 		log   = log.With(zap.String("peerId", peerId))
-		queue = NewActionQueue(maxStreamReaders, 100)
+		queue = NewDefaultActionQueue()
 	)
 	queue.Run()