diff --git a/chunker b/chunker
index eaafb1c..6948ce6 100755
--- a/chunker
+++ b/chunker
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 PATH_TO_UPLOADS=$1 # /home/archiveteam/uploads
 PATH_TO_TARGET=$2  # /home/archiveteam/processed
-MAX_MEGABYTES=$((1024*50))
+MAX_MEGABYTES=$((1024*25))
 
 # find every .warc.gz in the upload directory
 find $PATH_TO_UPLOADS -type f -name "*.warc.gz" \