diff --git a/code/index/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexGrpcService.java b/code/index/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexGrpcService.java
index f7821276..bdd2d5e4 100644
--- a/code/index/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexGrpcService.java
+++ b/code/index/java/nu/marginalia/index/IndexGrpcService.java
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public class IndexGrpcService extends IndexApiGrpc.IndexApiImplBase {
                         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
                         CombinedDocIdList resultIds = resultCandidateQueue.poll(
-                                Math.clamp(parameters.budget.timeLeft(), 1, 25),
+                                Math.clamp(parameters.budget.timeLeft(), 1, 5),
                                 TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
                         if (resultIds == null) {