diff --git a/src/paxcounter.conf b/src/paxcounter.conf
index 953f4204..5165cf1f 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter.conf
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 
 // Payload send cycle and encoding
 #define SEND_SECS                       30      // payload send cycle [seconds/2] -> 60 sec.
-#define PAYLOAD_ENCODER                 2       // payload encoder: 1=Plain, 2=Packed, 3=CayenneLPP dynamic, 4=CayenneLPP packed
-#define SENSORBUFFER                    20      // size of user sensor data buffer in bytes [default=20]
+#define PAYLOAD_ENCODER                 3       // payload encoder: 1=Plain, 2=Packed, 3=CayenneLPP dynamic, 4=CayenneLPP packed
 
 // Set this to include BLE counting and vendor filter functions
 #define VENDORFILTER                    1       // comment out if you want to count things, not people
diff --git a/src/sensor.cpp b/src/sensor.cpp
index 2c338850..53432bbc 100644
--- a/src/sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/sensor.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 // Local logging tag
 static const char TAG[] = "main";
 
+#define SENSORBUFFER 10 // max. size of user sensor data buffer in bytes [default=20]
+
 void sensor_init(void) {
 
   // this function is called dureing device startup
   // put your sensor initialization routines here
-
 }
 
 uint8_t sensor_mask(uint8_t sensor_no) {