2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/fs/fs.conf.in b/src/fs/fs.conf.in
index 3534378ae..d46de387f 100644
--- a/src/fs/fs.conf.in
+++ b/src/fs/fs.conf.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ MAX_PENDING_REQUESTS = 65536
 
 # How many requests do we have at most waiting in the queue towards
 # the datastore? (important for memory consumption)
-DATASTORE_QUEUE_SIZE = 1024
+DATASTORE_QUEUE_SIZE = 32
 
 # Maximum frequency we're allowed to poll the datastore
 # for content for migration (can be used to reduce
diff --git a/src/fs/gnunet-service-fs.c b/src/fs/gnunet-service-fs.c
index 8c605c6a2..256d0c2b8 100644
--- a/src/fs/gnunet-service-fs.c
+++ b/src/fs/gnunet-service-fs.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ run (void *cls,
     GNUNET_log_config_missing (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_INFO,
                                "fs",
                                "DATASTORE_QUEUE_SIZE");
-    dqs = 1024;
+    dqs = 32;
   }
   GSF_datastore_queue_size = (unsigned int) dqs;
   GSF_enable_randomized_delays =