diff --git a/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/oreal.rs b/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/oreal.rs
index 85d38aa1..a7dd1927 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/oreal.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/oreal.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl super::OpenRepositoryLike for RealOpenRepository {
     ) -> Result<Vec<git::Commit>, git::commit::log::Error> {
         let limit = match find_commits.is_empty() {
             true => 1,
-            false => 50,
+            false => 25,
         };
         self.0
             .read()
diff --git a/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/tests/commit_log.rs b/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/tests/commit_log.rs
index fe3655e4..b1f9bc54 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/tests/commit_log.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/git/repository/open/tests/commit_log.rs
@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@ fn should_return_single_item_in_commit_log_when_not_searching() -> TestResult {
 
 #[test]
 // assumes running in the git-next repo which should have main, next and dev as remote branches
-fn should_return_capacity_50_in_commit_log_when_searching_for_garbage() -> TestResult {
+fn should_return_capacity_25_in_commit_log_when_searching_for_garbage() -> TestResult {
     let_assert!(Ok(fs) = kxio::fs::temp());
     let branch_name = given::a_branch_name();
     let gitdir = GitDir::new(fs.base().to_path_buf(), StoragePathType::Internal);
     let test_repository = git::repository::test(fs.clone());
     let_assert!(Ok(open_repository) = test_repository.open(&gitdir));
-    for _ in [0; 60] {
-        // create 60 commits
+    for _ in [0; 25] {
         then::create_a_commit_on_branch(&fs, &gitdir, &branch_name)?;
     }
     let_assert!(Ok(result) = open_repository.commit_log(&branch_name, &[given::a_commit()]));
-    assert_eq!(result.len(), 50);
+    assert_eq!(result.len(), 25);
     Ok(())
 }