diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index fbb9439b2ee160fa0d74196656e50d131c660c07..587230359d08ff7e873d0be49aa623ed68284e2c 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /*
  * Define the size of the shared string hash table.
  */
-#define	HTABLE_SIZE 4711
+#define	HTABLE_SIZE 9997
 
 /*
  * Define the size of the cache that is used for method lookup.