diff --git a/proxywatchd.py b/proxywatchd.py
index 7562657..a8145a9 100644
--- a/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/proxywatchd.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 		self.mysqlite.close()
 		self.mysqlite = None
 
+		self.submit_after = 200 # number of collected jobs before writing db
 		self.echoise = time.time() - 3600;
 		self.ticks = time.time() - 3600;
 		self.jobs = []
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 
 			self.collect_work()
 
-			if len(self.collected) > 50:
+			if len(self.collected) > self.submit_after:
 				self.submit_collected()
 
 			time.sleep(1)