diff --git a/src/parse_table.c b/src/parse_table.c
index e239b8b..5d5ede4 100644
--- a/src/parse_table.c
+++ b/src/parse_table.c
@@ -53,18 +53,7 @@ struct translation_table *parse_table(char *filename)
 		system_ctype = "";	// I don't think we can free the return from setlocale()
 	}
 
-	if (ttable_stat.st_size > 0) {
-		size = ttable_stat.st_size;
-	}
-	else {
-		size = (512 * ttable_stat.st_blocks);
-	}
-
-	size /= 6;
-
-	if (size < 500) {
-		size = 500;
-	}
+	size = 1000;
 
 	table = table_init(size);
 	if (table == NULL) {