diff --git a/lib/services/address/index.js b/lib/services/address/index.js
index 3d9ac36e..2b70b8f2 100644
--- a/lib/services/address/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/address/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var XXHash = require('xxhash');
 
 const MAX_TX_QUERY_LIMIT_HISTORY = 1000;
 const MAX_TX_QUERY_LIMIT_UTXO = 1000;
-const MAX_TX_QUERY_LIMIT_SUMMARY = 5000;
+const MAX_TX_QUERY_LIMIT_SUMMARY = 500;
 
 // See rationale about this cache at function getTxList(next)
 const TXID_LIST_CACHE_ITEMS = 250;              // nr of items (this translates to: consecutive