diff --git a/guix-data-service/web/jobs/controller.scm b/guix-data-service/web/jobs/controller.scm
index a589204..7683a12 100644
--- a/guix-data-service/web/jobs/controller.scm
+++ b/guix-data-service/web/jobs/controller.scm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             (parse-query-parameters
              request
              `((start_character ,parse-number)
-               (characters ,parse-number #:default 1000000)))))
+               (characters ,parse-number #:default 10000000)))))
        (render-job mime-types
                    conn
                    job-id