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title: "Limits for Loading Issues"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CSOT/68749374/Limits%20for%20Loading%20Issues"
format: markdown
---
Create on Transition for Jira can generate a lot of load on your instance, slowing completion times or contributing to `OutofMemory Errors` in Jira. This can happen if a JQL query returns too many issues. To prevent overload, you can configure a limit for the number of issues that can be returned by JQL.

The limit is defined in the `jira-config.properties` file.

```
jira.search.views.default.max
```

The default value is 1,000. To set a smaller limit, for example, 400, change the property to `jira.search.views.default.max = 400.`

> ℹ️ In new Jira installations, this properties file might not exist initially. In this case, you can create it manually in your Jira application home directory using a text editor. To learn more about configuring the different properties of this file,  see [Advanced Jira application configuration.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/advanced-jira-application-configuration-938847847.html)