diff --git a/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index d55702f35..d4c3994b5 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			AckWait:          1 * time.Minute,
 		},
 		ContentExtractionSizeLimit: 20 * 1024 * 1024, // Limit content extraction to <20MB files by default
-		BatchSize:                  500,
+		BatchSize:                  50,
 	}
 }