diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
index f43c35dd8..f05e0f8d0 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/indexer.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
       }
 
       /* Make a hard-disk flush every 10.000 articles */
-      if (indexedArticleCount % 10000 == 0) {
+      if (indexedArticleCount % 5000 == 0) {
 	self->flush();
       }