diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5750164f7..031bd4bc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## 0.24 (unreleased)
 
+### Diffing
+
+Reduced the default value of DFT_NODE_LIMIT from 100,000 to
+30,000. This fixes cases where files near the limit would use too much
+memory and not terminate.
+
 ### Display
 
 Fixed an issue where hunks would be missing lines. This occurred in
diff --git a/sample_files/compare.expected b/sample_files/compare.expected
index 06f3bfe05..4697dd9c2 100644
--- a/sample_files/compare.expected
+++ b/sample_files/compare.expected
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ sample_files/load_before.js sample_files/load_after.js
 c5a352313dfb4ae1818190f144c4874b  -
 
 sample_files/modules_before.ml sample_files/modules_after.ml
-25118f4e0b2d5be687abed4ff3106d3d  -
+4c0613c6038eaea73e10a91e7a86e916  -
 
 sample_files/multibyte_before.py sample_files/multibyte_after.py
 8a5e31775d5e788e9158bd4a36e03254  -
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 539c75682..a93d77c8c 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use const_format::formatcp;
 
 use crate::style::BackgroundColor;
 
-pub const DEFAULT_NODE_LIMIT: u32 = 100_000;
+pub const DEFAULT_NODE_LIMIT: u32 = 30_000;
 pub const DEFAULT_BYTE_LIMIT: usize = 1_000_000;
 
 const USAGE: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_BIN_NAME"), " [OPTIONS] OLD-PATH NEW-PATH");