diff --git a/daemon/netfilter/queue.go b/daemon/netfilter/queue.go
index e05cd66f..77d10940 100644
--- a/daemon/netfilter/queue.go
+++ b/daemon/netfilter/queue.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 	NF_REPEAT Verdict = 4
 	NF_STOP   Verdict = 5
 
-	NF_DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE  uint32 = 0xffff
+	NF_DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE  uint32 = 4096
 	NF_DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE uint32 = 4096
 
 	ipv4version = 0x40
diff --git a/daemon/rule/operator.go b/daemon/rule/operator.go
index 27434439..d0c76941 100644
--- a/daemon/rule/operator.go
+++ b/daemon/rule/operator.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewOperator(t Type, o Operand, data string) Operator {
 		Operand: o,
 		Data:    data,
 	}
-	op.Compile()
+	op.compile()
 	return op
 }
 
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ func (o *Operator) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	// make sure it's ready to be used
-	o.Compile()
+	// make sure it's ready to be used after being
+	// deserialized from a json rule file
+	o.compile()
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (o *Operator) Compile() {
+func (o *Operator) compile() {
 	if o.Type == Simple {
 		o.cb = o.simpleCmp
 	} else if o.Type == Regexp {