diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 1243d18b8..756603794 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ DatabasePager::DatabasePager()
     }
 
 
-    _targetMaximumNumberOfPageLOD = 500;
+    _targetMaximumNumberOfPageLOD = 300;
     if( (ptr = getenv("OSG_MAX_PAGEDLOD")) != 0)
     {
         _targetMaximumNumberOfPageLOD = atoi(ptr);