diff --git a/influxgraph/constants.py b/influxgraph/constants.py
index 18fe19b..7ae564a 100644
--- a/influxgraph/constants.py
+++ b/influxgraph/constants.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 _INFLUXDB_CLIENT_PARAMS = {'epoch': 's'}
 SERIES_LOADER_MUTEX_KEY = 'influxgraph_series_loader'
 MEMCACHE_SERIES_DEFAULT_TTL = 1800
-LOADER_LIMIT = 100000
+LOADER_LIMIT = 10000
 # Fill params like 'null' that leave gaps are not valid for use with Graphite
 # API and are purposefully not included here
 FILL_PARAMS = ['previous', 'linear']