diff --git a/hash.c b/hash.c
index caaeab0..608a552 100644
--- a/hash.c
+++ b/hash.c
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@
 typedef void* hash_item;
 #include "hash.h"
 
-static const int h_keylen = 5; /* How many bits in the hash key? (hash is 2^h_keylen big) */
-static const int hash_size = (1 << h_keylen); /* 8 => 256 */
-static const int keymask = hash_size - 1;  /* 8 => 11111111 */
 static void* const FREE = NULL;
 
 struct hash {
+    int hash_size;      /* Max number of items in the hash */
     int item_cnt;       /* Number of items in the hash */
     gap_array* data;
 
@@ -60,15 +58,16 @@ typedef struct hash hash;
 
 static int hash_make_key(hash* h, hash_item item)
 {
-    return h->hash_make_key(item) & keymask;
+    return h->hash_make_key(item) % h->hash_size;
 }
 
 
-hash* hash_init(hash_make_key_fn make_key, hash_cmp_item_fn cmp_item)
+hash* hash_init(int hash_size, hash_make_key_fn make_key, hash_cmp_item_fn cmp_item)
 {
     hash* h = malloc(sizeof(*h));
     if (!h) return NULL;
 
+    h->hash_size = hash_size;
     h->item_cnt = 0;
     h->data = gap_init(hash_size);
     h->hash_make_key = make_key;
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ hash* hash_init(hash_make_key_fn make_key, hash_cmp_item_fn cmp_item)
 /* Return the index following i in h */
 static int hash_next_index(hash* h, int i)
 {
-    return (i + 1) % hash_size;
+    return (i + 1) % h->hash_size;
 }
 
 /* Returns the index in h of specified address, -1 if not found 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ static int hash_find_index(hash* h, hash_item item)
     fprintf(stderr, "searching %d\n", index);
 #endif
     while (cnx != FREE) {
-        if (cnt++ > hash_size) return -1;
+        if (cnt++ > h->hash_size) return -1;
 
         if (!h->cmp_item(cnx, item))
             break;
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ static int distance(int current_index, hash* h, hash_item item)
     if (wanted_index <= current_index)
         return current_index - wanted_index;
     else
-        return current_index - wanted_index + hash_size;
+        return current_index - wanted_index + h->hash_size;
 }
 
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ int hash_insert(hash* h, hash_item new)
     int index = bubble_wanted_index;
     gap_array* hash = h->data;
 
-    if (h->item_cnt == hash_size)
+    if (h->item_cnt == h->hash_size)
         return -1;
 
     hash_item curr_item = gap_get(hash, index);
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ void hash_dump(hash* h, char* filename)
     }
     
     fprintf(out, "<hash elem=%d>\n", h->item_cnt);
-    for (int i = 0; i < hash_size; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < h->hash_size; i++) {
         hash_item item = gap_get(h->data, i);
         int idx = 0;
 
diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
index e774186..66d79ab 100644
--- a/hash.h
+++ b/hash.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ typedef int (*hash_make_key_fn)(hash_item item);
 /* Function that compares two items: returns 0 if they are the same */
 typedef int (*hash_cmp_item_fn)(hash_item item1, hash_item item2);
 
-hash* hash_init(hash_make_key_fn make_key, hash_cmp_item_fn cmp_item);
+hash* hash_init(int hash_size, hash_make_key_fn make_key, hash_cmp_item_fn cmp_item);
 
 int hash_insert(hash* h, hash_item new);
 int hash_remove(hash* h, hash_item item);
diff --git a/hashtest/htest b/hashtest/htest
index aa24475..90a62e3 100755
Binary files a/hashtest/htest and b/hashtest/htest differ
diff --git a/hashtest/htest.c b/hashtest/htest.c
index 2c5e688..dacb27e 100644
--- a/hashtest/htest.c
+++ b/hashtest/htest.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 
+/* tests have been written for a hash that holds 32 items */
+#define HASH_SIZE 32
 
 #define STR_LENGTH 16
 struct hash_item {
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ static void htest_next_key(FILE* f, char* action, int* key, char str[STR_LENGTH]
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    hash* h = hash_init(&hash_make_key, &cmp_item);
+    hash* h = hash_init(HASH_SIZE, &hash_make_key, &cmp_item);
     char action;
     hash_item item;
     int line = 0;
diff --git a/udp-listener.c b/udp-listener.c
index 7c45892..0f72193 100644
--- a/udp-listener.c
+++ b/udp-listener.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "sslh-conf.h"
 #include "udp-listener.h"
 
+/* How many concurrent connections we manage */
+#define HASH_SIZE 1024
 
 /* returns date at which this socket times out. */
 static int udp_timeout(struct connection* cnx)
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ static int hash_make_key(hash_item new)
  * */
 void udp_init(struct loop_info* fd_info)
 {
-    fd_info->hash_sources = hash_init(&hash_make_key, &cnx_cmp);
+    fd_info->hash_sources = hash_init(HASH_SIZE, &hash_make_key, &cnx_cmp);
 }