diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
index 72848b5742..621266de53 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ViewModelMessages.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class ViewModelMessages extends ViewModel {
 
     private ExecutorService executor = Helper.getBackgroundExecutor(2, "model");
 
-    private static final int LOCAL_PAGE_SIZE = 100;
+    private static final int LOCAL_PAGE_SIZE = 50;
     private static final int REMOTE_PAGE_SIZE = 10;
     private static final int SEARCH_PAGE_SIZE = 10;
     private static final int LOW_MEM_MB = 32;