diff --git a/swarm/storage/database.go b/swarm/storage/database.go
index e25fce31fb..d5a3cb6d88 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/database.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/database.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt"
 )
 
-const openFileLimit = 128
+const openFileLimit = 32
 
 type LDBDatabase struct {
 	db *leveldb.DB