diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7b746c3d2..31a95a43a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ bool AcceptBlock(int32_t *futureblockp,CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, C
     // blocks which are too close in height to the tip.  Apply this test
     // regardless of whether pruning is enabled; it should generally be safe to
     // not process unrequested blocks.
-    bool fTooFarAhead = (pindex->nHeight > int(chainActive.Height() + MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP));
+    bool fTooFarAhead = (pindex->nHeight > int(chainActive.Height() + BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW)); //MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP));
     
     // TODO: deal better with return value and error conditions for duplicate
     // and unrequested blocks.
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index ef46cd83d..956d8351e 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS = 160;
  *  Larger windows tolerate larger download speed differences between peer, but increase the potential
  *  degree of disordering of blocks on disk (which make reindexing and in the future perhaps pruning
  *  harder). We'll probably want to make this a per-peer adaptive value at some point. */
-static const unsigned int BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW = 1024;
+static const unsigned int BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW = 1024 * 2;
 /** Time to wait (in seconds) between writing blocks/block index to disk. */
 static const unsigned int DATABASE_WRITE_INTERVAL = 60 * 60;
 /** Time to wait (in seconds) between flushing chainstate to disk. */