diff --git a/libi2pd/Datagram.cpp b/libi2pd/Datagram.cpp
index 9c80662a..86e38805 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Datagram.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Datagram.cpp
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ namespace datagram
 
 	DatagramSession::DatagramSession(std::shared_ptr<i2p::client::ClientDestination> localDestination,
 		const i2p::data::IdentHash & remoteIdent) :
-		m_LocalDestination(localDestination),
-		m_RemoteIdent(remoteIdent),
+		m_LocalDestination(localDestination), m_RemoteIdent(remoteIdent),
+		m_LastUse (0), m_LastFlush (0),
 		m_RequestingLS(false)
 	{
 	}
@@ -310,8 +310,12 @@ namespace datagram
 		if (msg || m_SendQueue.empty ())
 			m_SendQueue.push_back(msg);
 		// flush queue right away if full
-		if (!msg || m_SendQueue.size() >= DATAGRAM_SEND_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE)
+		if (!msg || m_SendQueue.size() >= DATAGRAM_SEND_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE || 
+		    m_LastUse > m_LastFlush + DATAGRAM_MAX_FLUSH_INTERVAL)
+		{	
 			FlushSendQueue();
+			m_LastFlush = ts;
+		}
 	}
 
 	DatagramSession::Info DatagramSession::GetSessionInfo() const
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ namespace datagram
 		if(path)
 			path->updateTime = i2p::util::GetSecondsSinceEpoch ();
 		if (IsRatchets ())
-			SendMsg (nullptr); // send empty message in case if we have some data to send
+			SendMsg (nullptr); // send empty message in case if we don't have some data to send
 	}
 
 	std::shared_ptr<i2p::garlic::GarlicRoutingPath> DatagramSession::GetSharedRoutingPath ()
diff --git a/libi2pd/Datagram.h b/libi2pd/Datagram.h
index 45edecab..5a0bfc93 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Datagram.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Datagram.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace datagram
 	const uint64_t DATAGRAM_SESSION_PATH_MIN_LIFETIME = 5 * 1000;
 	// max 64 messages buffered in send queue for each datagram session
 	const size_t DATAGRAM_SEND_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE = 64;
+	const uint64_t DATAGRAM_MAX_FLUSH_INTERVAL = 5; // in milliseconds
 
 	class DatagramSession : public std::enable_shared_from_this<DatagramSession>
 	{
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ namespace datagram
 			std::shared_ptr<i2p::garlic::GarlicRoutingSession> m_RoutingSession;
 			std::vector<std::shared_ptr<i2p::garlic::GarlicRoutingSession> > m_PendingRoutingSessions;
 			std::vector<std::shared_ptr<I2NPMessage> > m_SendQueue;
-			uint64_t m_LastUse;
+			uint64_t m_LastUse, m_LastFlush; // milliseconds
 			bool m_RequestingLS;
 	};