diff --git a/selinux/config/config.toml b/selinux/config/config.toml
index a89154f..080e501 100644
--- a/selinux/config/config.toml
+++ b/selinux/config/config.toml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ broadcast = true
 wal_dir = ""
 
 # Maximum number of transactions in the mempool
-size = 5000
+size = 200
 
 # Limit the total size of all txs in the mempool.
 # This only accounts for raw transactions (e.g. given 1MB transactions and