diff --git a/src/core/constants.mjs b/src/core/constants.mjs
index 412c90d93..dcd526bce 100644
--- a/src/core/constants.mjs
+++ b/src/core/constants.mjs
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ export const FREEZE_ADMIN_ACCOUNT = process.env.FREEZE_ADMIN_ACCOUNT || '0.0.58'
 export const TREASURY_ACCOUNT_ID = `${HEDERA_NODE_ACCOUNT_ID_START.realm}.${HEDERA_NODE_ACCOUNT_ID_START.shard}.2`
 export const GENESIS_KEY = process.env.GENESIS_KEY || '302e020100300506032b65700422042091132178e72057a1d7528025956fe39b0b847f200ab59b2fdd367017f3087137'
 export const SYSTEM_ACCOUNTS = [[3, 100], [200, 349], [400, 750], [900, 1000]] // do account 0.0.2 last and outside the loop
-export const SHORTER_SYSTEM_ACCOUNTS = [[3, 30]]
+export const SHORTER_SYSTEM_ACCOUNTS = [[3, 60]]
 export const TREASURY_ACCOUNT = 2
 export const LOCAL_NODE_START_PORT = process.env.LOCAL_NODE_START_PORT || 30212
 export const LOCAL_NODE_PROXY_START_PORT = process.env.LOCAL_NODE_PROXY_START_PORT || 30313
-export const ACCOUNT_CREATE_BATCH_SIZE = process.env.ACCOUNT_CREATE_BATCH_SIZE || 50
+export const ACCOUNT_CREATE_BATCH_SIZE = process.env.ACCOUNT_CREATE_BATCH_SIZE || 20
 export const NODE_PROXY_USER_ID = process.env.NODE_PROXY_USER_ID || 'admin'
 export const NODE_PROXY_PASSWORD = process.env.NODE_PROXY_PASSWORD || 'adminpwd'