diff --git a/wakatime/offlinequeue.py b/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
index 8d5656d..8319b1b 100644
--- a/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
+++ b/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Queue(object):
 
     def pop_many(self, limit=None):
         if limit is None:
-            limit = 100
+            limit = 5
 
         heartbeats = []