diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_ascending.hpp b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_ascending.hpp
index 83adcc6d..62bac5b6 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_ascending.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_ascending.hpp
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ private:
 	std::thread timeout_thread;
 
 private: // TODO: Move into config
-	static std::size_t constexpr requests_limit{ 1024 * 4 };
+	static std::size_t constexpr requests_limit{ 128 };
 	static std::size_t constexpr database_requests_limit{ 1024 };
 	static std::size_t constexpr pull_count{ nano::bootstrap_server::max_blocks };
 	static nano::millis_t constexpr timeout{ 1000 * 3 };