diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 0a4f08af59..8c622aa5cd 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func (p *Peer) CatchupWithPeer(blockHash []byte) {
 	if !p.catchingUp {
 		// Make sure nobody else is catching up when you want to do this
 		p.catchingUp = true
-		msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetChainTy, []interface{}{blockHash, uint64(10)})
+		msg := ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetChainTy, []interface{}{blockHash, uint64(30)})
 		p.QueueMessage(msg)
 
 		peerlogger.DebugDetailf("Requesting blockchain %x... from peer %s\n", p.ethereum.BlockChain().CurrentBlock.Hash()[:4], p.conn.RemoteAddr())