diff --git a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
index f8004c58a..bbf831975 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class transferRWI {
         boolean granted       = sb.getConfig("allowReceiveIndex", "false").equals("true");
         boolean blockBlacklist = sb.getConfig("indexReceiveBlockBlacklist", "false").equals("true");
         boolean checkLimit    = sb.getConfigBool("indexDistribution.transferRWIReceiptLimitEnabled", true);
-        final long cachelimit = sb.getConfigLong("indexDistribution.dhtReceiptLimit", 1000);
+        final long cachelimit = sb.getConfigLong("indexDistribution.dhtReceiptLimit", 10000);
         final yacySeed otherPeer = yacyCore.seedDB.get(iam);
         final String otherPeerName = iam + ":" + ((otherPeer == null) ? "NULL" : (otherPeer.getName() + "/" + otherPeer.getVersion()));                
         
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 2105e6870..92a7a76fe 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ indexDistribution.transferRWIReceiptLimitEnabled = true
 
 # defines the word cache for DHT reaches this level
 # the peer reports itself as busy
-indexDistribution.dhtReceiptLimit = 1000
+indexDistribution.dhtReceiptLimit = 10000
 
 # Distribution of Citation-Reference (CR-) files
 # The distribution is done in two steps: