diff --git a/include/opendht/dht.h b/include/opendht/dht.h
index e8b6425abe9166344eb9031f6233c9be95c1963b..84c23b39e3939c883871c642b94e47fe7be38c6d 100644
--- a/include/opendht/dht.h
+++ b/include/opendht/dht.h
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ private:
     static constexpr unsigned MAX_HASHES {16384};
 
     /* The maximum number of searches we keep data about. */
-    static constexpr unsigned MAX_SEARCHES {128};
+    static constexpr unsigned MAX_SEARCHES {2048};
 
     static constexpr std::chrono::minutes MAX_STORAGE_MAINTENANCE_EXPIRE_TIME {10};