diff --git a/spacy/cli/train.py b/spacy/cli/train.py
index 4ce86d31e..53426febe 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/train.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/train.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def train(cmd, lang, output_dir, train_data, dev_data, n_iter=20, n_sents=0,
                                   util.env_opt('dropout_to', 0.2),
                                   util.env_opt('dropout_decay', 0.0))
     batch_sizes = util.compounding(util.env_opt('batch_from', 1),
-                                   util.env_opt('batch_to', 64),
+                                   util.env_opt('batch_to', 32),
                                    util.env_opt('batch_compound', 1.001))
     corpus = GoldCorpus(train_path, dev_path, limit=n_sents)
     n_train_words = corpus.count_train()