diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs b/substrate/client/cli/src/params/import_params.rs
index 36c62bc979c5c6c0b7f078e124b85f573ca76be5..f7f68d68fb0c620a41fb6f17fa96f544dc830c90 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 = "1024")]
+	#[structopt(long = "db-cache", value_name = "MiB", default_value = "32")]
 	pub database_cache_size: u32,
 
 	/// Specify the state cache size.