diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
index 1ec007eaec7..340cf9b6550 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct MergeTreeSettings
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     /** Keep about this number of last records in ZooKeeper log, even if they are obsolete.                   \
      *  It doesn't affect work of tables: used only to diagnose ZooKeeper log before cleaning. */             \
-    M(SettingUInt64, min_replicated_logs_to_keep, 5000)                                                       \
+    M(SettingUInt64, min_replicated_logs_to_keep, 100)                                                       \
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     /** After specified amount of time passed after replication log entry creation                            \
      *  and sum size of parts is greater than threshold,                                                      \