diff --git a/src/libpostal_data b/src/libpostal_data
index ac5f763a..27bcf30d 100755
--- a/src/libpostal_data
+++ b/src/libpostal_data
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 EPOCH_DATE="Jan  1 00:00:00 1970"
 
 MB=$((1024*1024))
-LARGE_FILE_SIZE=$((100*$MB))
-
 CHUNK_SIZE=$((64*$MB))
 
+LARGE_FILE_SIZE=$((CHUNK_SIZE*2))
+
+
 NUM_WORKERS=10
 
 function kill_background_processes {