diff --git a/examples/imagenet_val.prototxt b/examples/imagenet_val.prototxt
index 8494ae883a8..fbc4c32522e 100644
--- a/examples/imagenet_val.prototxt
+++ b/examples/imagenet_val.prototxt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layers {
     type: "data"
     source: "/home/jiayq/Data/ILSVRC12/val-leveldb"
     meanfile: "/home/jiayq/Data/ILSVRC12/image_mean.binaryproto"
-    batchsize: 200
+    batchsize: 50
     cropsize: 227
     mirror: false
   }
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ layers {
   bottom: "prob"
   bottom: "label"
   top: "accuracy"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}