diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
index fd8bf9128..d24838547 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class NoteContentProtectedFulltextExp extends Expression {
 
             if (type === 'text'
                 && mime === 'text/html'
-                && content.length < 50000 // striptags is very slow for large notes
+                && content.length < 20000 // striptags is very slow for large notes
             ) {
                 content = striptags(content);
                 content = content.replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ');
diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
index c9212a431..7f8df513f 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class NoteContentUnprotectedFulltextExp extends Expression {
 
             if (type === 'text'
                 && mime === 'text/html'
-                && content.length < 50000 // striptags is very slow for large notes
+                && content.length < 20000 // striptags is very slow for large notes
             ) {
                 content = striptags(content);
                 content = content.replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ');