diff --git a/src/reducedmodeloptimizer.cpp b/src/reducedmodeloptimizer.cpp
index 65db100..fc54d6a 100644
--- a/src/reducedmodeloptimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/reducedmodeloptimizer.cpp
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ void ReducedModelOptimizer::runOptimization(const Settings &settings,
         arma::mat xMin_arma(global.xMin);
         arma::mat xMax_arma(global.xMax);
         //        ens::LBestPSO optimizer(64, xMin_arma, xMax_arma, 1000);
-        ens::LBestPSO optimizer(500,
+        ens::LBestPSO optimizer(200,
                                 xMin_arma,
                                 xMax_arma,
                                 settings.numberOfFunctionCalls,