diff --git a/minode/connection.py b/minode/connection.py
index 6eeec6e..4a4fd63 100644
--- a/minode/connection.py
+++ b/minode/connection.py
@@ -278,14 +278,11 @@ class ConnectionBase(threading.Thread):
             self.send_queue.put(message.Addr(addr))
 
         if shared.objects:
-            to_send = shared.objects.vectors_to_send()
-            offset = 0
-            while offset < len(to_send):
+            for chunk in shared.objects.vectors_to_send(10000):
                 # We limit size of inv messaged to 10000 entries
                 # because they might time out
                 # in very slow networks (I2P)
-                self.send_queue.put(message.Inv(to_send[offset:offset+10000]))
-                offset += 10000
+                self.send_queue.put(message.Inv(chunk))
         self.status = 'fully_established'
 
     def _process_queue(self):
diff --git a/minode/sql.py b/minode/sql.py
index 8f24fcc..fd05085 100644
--- a/minode/sql.py
+++ b/minode/sql.py
@@ -115,13 +115,20 @@ class Inventory():
         self._pending.update(vectors)
         return vectors
 
-    def vectors_to_send(self, stream=None):
+    def vectors_to_send(self, chunk_size=10000, stream=None):
+        if stream is None:
+            stream = shared.stream
+        now = int(time.time())
         cur = self._db.execute(
             'SELECT vector FROM objects WHERE expires > ? AND stream = ?'
-            ' ORDER BY random()',
-            (int(time.time()), stream or shared.stream)
+            ' ORDER BY random()', (now, stream)
         )
-        return [v for v, in cur]
+        cur.arraysize = chunk_size
+        while True:
+            vectors = cur.fetchmany()
+            if not vectors:
+                return
+            yield [v for v, in vectors]
 
     def get(self, vector, default=None):
         try:
diff --git a/minode/tests/test_objects.py b/minode/tests/test_objects.py
index e869a6a..dddbc18 100644
--- a/minode/tests/test_objects.py
+++ b/minode/tests/test_objects.py
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ class TestObjects():
             self.objects[obj.vector] = obj
             needed.add(obj.vector)
 
-        self.assertEqual(set(self.objects.vectors_to_send(4)), needed)
-        self.assertTrue(set(self.objects.vectors_to_send()).difference(needed))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(next(self.objects.vectors_to_send(stream=4))), needed)
+        self.assertTrue(
+            set(next(self.objects.vectors_to_send())).difference(needed))
 
     def test_filter(self):
         """Check the objects filtering"""