diff --git a/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py b/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
index f83a9e79e..c2d1b010b 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ def _split_query(
                 line_len = len(",".join(v).encode("utf-8"))
 
                 while line_len > 3800:
-                    per_page = int(0.9 * per_page)
+                    per_page = int(0.8 * per_page)
                     vv = v[:per_page]
                     line_len = len(",".join(vv).encode("utf-8"))