diff --git a/src/warden-client/etc/warden-client.conf b/src/warden-client/etc/warden-client.conf
index 250782c43c257068bcb180cf64099c7b76a4435d..1f38514dc67da5ead9103a3196e4447e8d605ecd 100644
--- a/src/warden-client/etc/warden-client.conf
+++ b/src/warden-client/etc/warden-client.conf
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ $SSL_CA_FILE = "/etc/ssl/certs/tcs-ca-bundle.pem";
 # MAX_RCV_EVENTS_LIMIT - maximum number of events the client is allowd to get
 #                        from the Warden server in one batch
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-$MAX_RCV_EVENTS_LIMIT = 10000;
+$MAX_RCV_EVENTS_LIMIT = 6000; #consumes app. 250 MB of memory