diff --git a/lib/services/bitcoind.js b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
index 54d2cee4..7b4be309 100644
--- a/lib/services/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ util.inherits(Bitcoin, Service);
 Bitcoin.dependencies = [];
 
 Bitcoin.DEFAULT_MAX_TXIDS = 1000;
-Bitcoin.DEFAULT_MAX_HISTORY = 10;
+Bitcoin.DEFAULT_MAX_HISTORY = 50;
 Bitcoin.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT = 15000;
 Bitcoin.DEFAULT_ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE_PROGRESS = 0.9999;
 Bitcoin.DEFAULT_MAX_ADDRESSES_QUERY = 10000;
diff --git a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
index f2db82a1..c8a159fc 100644
--- a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
+++ b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
     var address = '12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX';
     it('will give error with "from" and "to" range that exceeds max size', function(done) {
       var bitcoind = new BitcoinService(baseConfig);
-      bitcoind.getAddressHistory(address, {from: 0, to: 30}, function(err) {
+      bitcoind.getAddressHistory(address, {from: 0, to: 51}, function(err) {
         should.exist(err);
         err.message.match(/^\"from/);
         done();