diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/base.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/base.js
index 95901869..9876e271 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/base.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ var SETTINGS = {
     defaultOverviews: false,
 
     // minimum ratio of bounding box size to grid size
-    zoomLevelFactor: 100.0
+    // (this would ideally be based on the viewport size in pixels)
+    zoomLevelFactor: 1024.0
 };
 
 // Compute zoom level so that the the resolution grid size of the