diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
index aa17346ba..8ec0a4ad6 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ typealias RoomScreenViewModelType = StateStoreViewModel<RoomScreenViewState, Roo
 
 class RoomScreenViewModel: RoomScreenViewModelType, RoomScreenViewModelProtocol {
     private enum Constants {
-        static let backPaginationPageSize: UInt = 50
+        static let backPaginationPageSize: UInt = 20
     }
 
     private let timelineController: RoomTimelineControllerProtocol