diff --git a/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/BigQueryExample.java b/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/BigQueryExample.java
index 773d99ffe30d..895502e3d6d5 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/BigQueryExample.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-examples/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/examples/BigQueryExample.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
  */
 public class BigQueryExample {
 
+  private static final int CHUNK_SIZE = 8 * 256 * 1024;
   private static final Map<String, BigQueryAction> CREATE_ACTIONS = new HashMap<>();
   private static final Map<String, BigQueryAction> INFO_ACTIONS = new HashMap<>();
   private static final Map<String, BigQueryAction> LIST_ACTIONS = new HashMap<>();
@@ -677,10 +678,10 @@ void run(BigQuery bigquery, Tuple<LoadConfiguration, String> configuration) thro
       try (FileChannel fileChannel = FileChannel.open(Paths.get(configuration.y()))) {
         WriteChannel writeChannel = bigquery.writer(configuration.x());
         long position = 0;
-        long written = fileChannel.transferTo(position, 256 * 1024, writeChannel);
+        long written = fileChannel.transferTo(position, CHUNK_SIZE, writeChannel);
         while (written > 0) {
           position += written;
-          written = fileChannel.transferTo(position, 256 * 1024, writeChannel);
+          written = fileChannel.transferTo(position, CHUNK_SIZE, writeChannel);
         }
         writeChannel.close();
       }