diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index 613178844..c006022b5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ let-env config = {
   }
 
   history: {
-    max_size: 10000 # Session has to be reloaded for this to take effect
+    max_size: 100_000 # Session has to be reloaded for this to take effect
     sync_on_enter: true # Enable to share history between multiple sessions, else you have to close the session to write history to file
     file_format: "plaintext" # "sqlite" or "plaintext"
     history_isolation: true # true enables history isolation, false disables it. true will allow the history to be isolated to the current session. false will allow the history to be shared across all sessions.