diff --git a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
index 71ee70e856b792a09cdf151d0a54cea7bc36259a..dddadfb7b3c79001b024f7eb657e62965de78361 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int tsCacheBlockSize = 16384;  // 256 columns
 int tsAverageCacheBlocks = 4;
 
 int   tsRowsInFileBlock = 4096;
-float tsFileBlockMinPercent = 0.25;
+float tsFileBlockMinPercent = 0.05;
 
 short tsNumOfBlocksPerMeter = 100;
 int   tsCommitTime = 3600;  // seconds