diff --git a/pmd-dcpd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/dcpd/BatchBuilder.java b/pmd-dcpd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/dcpd/BatchBuilder.java
index 9b1b0b4322..b90fbab9b5 100644
--- a/pmd-dcpd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/dcpd/BatchBuilder.java
+++ b/pmd-dcpd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/dcpd/BatchBuilder.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class BatchBuilder {
         List batches = new ArrayList();
 
         int currentBatchSize = 0;
-        int maxBatchSize = 20;
+        int maxBatchSize = 10;
 
         List wrappers = new ArrayList();
         for (Iterator i = occ.getTiles(); i.hasNext();) {