diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
index 165a695ed..436850c93 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class FaceMlService {
   bool _shouldSyncPeople = false;
   bool _isSyncing = false;
 
-  final int _fileDownloadLimit = 10;
+  final int _fileDownloadLimit = 5;
   final int _embeddingFetchLimit = 200;
 
   Future<void> init({bool initializeImageMlIsolate = false}) async {