diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 76018e444b1..a11ad08dc65 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     return render "projects/empty" unless @project.repo_exists?
-    limit = (params[:limit] || 40).to_i
+    limit = (params[:limit] || 20).to_i
     @activities = @project.updates(limit)
   end