diff --git a/src/db/dbEvent.h b/src/db/dbEvent.h
index ad4eeb205..ce5e5d094 100644
--- a/src/db/dbEvent.h
+++ b/src/db/dbEvent.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ typedef void			EVENTFUNC(
 
 #define EVENTSPERQUE	32
 #define EVENTQUESIZE    (EVENTENTRIES  * EVENTSPERQUE)
-#define EVENTENTRIES    16      /* the number of que entries for each event */
+#define EVENTENTRIES    4      /* the number of que entries for each event */
 #define EVENTQEMPTY     ((struct event_block *)NULL)