diff --git a/include/defaults.h b/include/defaults.h
index ef1750fcf..1b21bc0b6 100644
--- a/include/defaults.h
+++ b/include/defaults.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const float GRAPH_SLACK_FACTOR = 1.3f;
 // SSD Index related limits
 const uint64_t MAX_GRAPH_DEGREE = 512;
 const uint64_t SECTOR_LEN = 4096;
-const uint64_t MAX_N_SECTOR_READS = 128;
+const uint64_t MAX_N_SECTOR_READS = 500;
 
 // following constants should always be specified, but are useful as a
 // sensible default at cli / python boundaries
diff --git a/src/pq_flash_index.cpp b/src/pq_flash_index.cpp
index a13350294..8924be692 100644
--- a/src/pq_flash_index.cpp
+++ b/src/pq_flash_index.cpp
@@ -1677,8 +1677,8 @@ void PQFlashIndex<T, LabelT>::cached_beam_search(const T *query1, const uint64_t
 
         std::vector<AlignedRead> vec_read_reqs;
 
-        if (full_retset.size() > k_search * FULL_PRECISION_REORDER_MULTIPLIER)
-            full_retset.erase(full_retset.begin() + k_search * FULL_PRECISION_REORDER_MULTIPLIER, full_retset.end());
+        if (full_retset.size() > defaults::MAX_N_SECTOR_READS)
+            full_retset.erase(full_retset.begin() + defaults::MAX_N_SECTOR_READS, full_retset.end());
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < full_retset.size(); ++i)
         {