diff --git a/rsload.go b/rsload.go
index 8c65f17..35889ac 100644
--- a/rsload.go
+++ b/rsload.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var chunk_target = 250 * time.Millisecond
-var chunk_max = 1000
+var chunk_max = 250
 
 var options struct {
 	host      string // hostname or ip address of the redis server to connect to