diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/database_scan.hpp b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/database_scan.hpp
index f644d71e5f..3c61be9a67 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/database_scan.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap_ascending/database_scan.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ class database_scan
 
 	std::deque<nano::account> queue;
 
-	static size_t constexpr batch_size = 128;
+	static size_t constexpr batch_size = 512;
 };
 }