diff --git a/workers/score_paths/worker.py b/workers/score_paths/worker.py
index fe2141b..21eb860 100644
--- a/workers/score_paths/worker.py
+++ b/workers/score_paths/worker.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 STREAM = "score_paths"
 GROUP = "consumer"
 CONSUMER = str(uuid.uuid4())[:8]
-TASK_LIMIT = 5
+TASK_LIMIT = 4
 EMBEDDING_DIR = "pathfinder_embeddings"
 tracer = setup_tracer(STREAM)