diff --git a/kinesis/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collectors.scalastream/sinks/KinesisSink.scala b/kinesis/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collectors.scalastream/sinks/KinesisSink.scala
index f555aeaaa..e400bd1bb 100644
--- a/kinesis/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collectors.scalastream/sinks/KinesisSink.scala
+++ b/kinesis/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collectors.scalastream/sinks/KinesisSink.scala
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ class KinesisSink[F[_]: Sync] private (
         writeBatchToKinesisWithRetries(batch, minBackoff, maxRetries)
       // Kinesis not healthy and SQS buffer defined
       case Some(sqs) =>
-        writeBatchToSqsWithRetries(batch, sqs, minBackoff, maxRetries)
+        val (big, small) = batch.partition(_.payload.size > 192000) // TODO: grab 192000 from the config
+        if (small.nonEmpty) writeBatchToSqsWithRetries(small, sqs, minBackoff, maxRetries)
+        if (big.nonEmpty) writeBatchToKinesisWithRetries(small, minBackoff, maxRetries)
     }
 
   def writeBatchToKinesisWithRetries(batch: List[Events], nextBackoff: Long, retriesLeft: Int): Unit = {
@@ -498,11 +500,9 @@ object KinesisSink {
 
     clients.map {
       case (kinesisClient, sqsClientAndName) =>
-        val maxBytes =
-          if (sqsClientAndName.isDefined) sinkConfig.config.sqsMaxBytes else sinkConfig.config.maxBytes
         val ks =
           new KinesisSink(
-            maxBytes,
+            sinkConfig.config.maxBytes,
             kinesisClient,
             sinkConfig.config,
             sinkConfig.buffer,