diff --git a/examples/parameter_example.yml b/examples/parameter_example.yml
index e904a0dd4499da96495be76dfded2989d46ac18c..f0a3c398e3afb895fb1932b654816437f2b0f429 100644
--- a/examples/parameter_example.yml
+++ b/examples/parameter_example.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Scheduler:
   cell_extra_sparts:         400       # (Optional) Number of spare sparts per top-level allocated at rebuild time for on-the-fly creation.
   max_top_level_cells:       12        # (Optional) Maximal number of top-level cells in any dimension. The number of top-level cells will be the cube of this (this is the default value).
   tasks_per_cell:            0.0       # (Optional) The average number of tasks per cell. If not large enough the simulation will fail (means guess...).
-  links_per_tasks:           10        # (Optional) The average number of links per tasks (before adding the communication tasks). If not large enough the simulation will fail (means guess...). Defaults to 10.
+  links_per_tasks:           25        # (Optional) The average number of links per tasks (before adding the communication tasks). If not large enough the simulation will fail (means guess...). Defaults to 10.
   mpi_message_limit:         4096      # (Optional) Maximum MPI task message size to send non-buffered, KB.
   engine_max_parts_per_ghost:   1000   # (Optional) Maximum number of parts per ghost.
   engine_max_sparts_per_ghost:  1000   # (Optional) Maximum number of sparts per ghost.
diff --git a/src/engine.c b/src/engine.c
index 4b3d356899e543813860a0c584af67e911946d75..afa859e9aeff53e7d03eae5eeaa24a9d017766d1 100644
--- a/src/engine.c
+++ b/src/engine.c
@@ -5507,7 +5507,7 @@ void engine_config(int restart, struct engine *e, struct swift_params *params,
 
   /* Estimated number of links per tasks */
   e->links_per_tasks =
-      parser_get_opt_param_int(params, "Scheduler:links_per_tasks", 15);
+      parser_get_opt_param_int(params, "Scheduler:links_per_tasks", 25);
 
   /* Init the scheduler. */
   scheduler_init(&e->sched, e->s, maxtasks, nr_queues,