diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 342c4ee..14184b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "carmen-cache",
   "description": "C++ protobuf cache used by carmen",
-  "version": "0.11.0",
+  "version": "0.11.0-cache-experiments-v1",
   "url": "http://github.com/mapbox/carmen-cache",
   "author": "Mapbox (https://www.mapbox.com)",
   "license": "BSD",
diff --git a/src/binding.hpp b/src/binding.hpp
index be2bfef..5a7024e 100644
--- a/src/binding.hpp
+++ b/src/binding.hpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Cache: public node::ObjectWrap {
     dictcache dict_;
     message_cache msg_;
     message_list msglist_;
-    unsigned cachesize = 65536;
+    unsigned cachesize = 10000;
 };
 
 }