diff --git a/docs/caller_usage.md b/docs/caller_usage.md
index d1c647f..3f2bfaa 100644
--- a/docs/caller_usage.md
+++ b/docs/caller_usage.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   from 0.0-0.4. **Default:** 0.9
 * `--max-rcn-iters ##`: Maximum number of read copy-number counting iterations to perform. Loci which require a lot of
   iterations are probably impure tandem repeats, for which the resulting copy number will not be very accurate anyway.
-  **Default:** 200
+  **Default:** 50
 * `--flank-size ##`: Size of the flanking region to use on either side of a region to properly anchor reads. 
   **Default:** 70
 * `--realign` or `-a`: Whether to perform local re-alignment to attempt recovery of soft-clipped reads. Some aligners
diff --git a/strkit/call/params.py b/strkit/call/params.py
index 7dbb390..4842313 100644
--- a/strkit/call/params.py
+++ b/strkit/call/params.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def __init__(
         max_reads: int = 250,
         min_avg_phred: int = 13,
         min_read_align_score: float = 0.9,
-        max_rcn_iters: int = 200,
+        max_rcn_iters: int = 50,
         num_bootstrap: int = 100,
         flank_size: int = 70,
         skip_supplementary: bool = False,
diff --git a/strkit/entry.py b/strkit/entry.py
index 7a31d00..0b08781 100644
--- a/strkit/entry.py
+++ b/strkit/entry.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def add_call_parser_args(call_parser):
     call_parser.add_argument(
         "--max-rcn-iters", "--mrci",
         type=int,
-        default=200,
+        default=50,
         help=(
             "Maximum number of read copy-number counting iterations to perform. Loci which require a lot of "
             "iterations are probably impure tandem repeats, for which the resulting copy number will not be very "