diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
index 93af2cf02..76d9fa60e 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndex {
         int added = ramCache.addEntries(entries, updateTime, highPriority);
 
         // force flush
-        while (ramCache.maxURLinWordCache() > 150) {
+        while (ramCache.maxURLinWordCache() > 50) {
             try { Thread.sleep(10); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
             flushCacheToBackend(ramCache.bestFlushWordHash());
         }