diff --git a/src/traffic_ctl/traffic_ctl.cc b/src/traffic_ctl/traffic_ctl.cc
index f8908ab049b..33b363e5c6a 100644
--- a/src/traffic_ctl/traffic_ctl.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_ctl/traffic_ctl.cc
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
   argparser_runroot_handler(engine.arguments.get("--run-root").value(), argv[0]);
   Layout::create();
+
+  // This is a little bit of a hack, for now it'll suffice.
+  max_records_entries = 262144;
   RecProcessInit(RECM_STAND_ALONE, diags);
   LibRecordsConfigInit();