diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountCleaner.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountCleaner.java
index 87bc26c3c..c400acad6 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountCleaner.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountCleaner.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class AccountCleaner extends AccountDatabaseCrawlerListener {
   private static final String DELETION_REASON_TAG_NAME = "reason";
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static final int MAX_ACCOUNT_DELETIONS_PER_CHUNK = 40;
+  static final int MAX_ACCOUNT_DELETIONS_PER_CHUNK = 256;
 
   private final AccountsManager accountsManager;