diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs b/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs
index f7f68d68fb0c620a41fb6f17fa96f544dc830c90..95d7623d11da3224284c46a3f78aec7e73fad926 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub struct ImportParams {
 	pub execution_strategies: ExecutionStrategies,
 
 	/// Limit the memory the database cache can use.
-	#[structopt(long = "db-cache", value_name = "MiB", default_value = "32")]
+	#[structopt(long = "db-cache", value_name = "MiB", default_value = "128")]
 	pub database_cache_size: u32,
 
 	/// Specify the state cache size.