diff --git a/darshan-runtime/darshan-core.h b/darshan-runtime/darshan-core.h
index 7437c4f231c46ab91fcf5e2e953a7792837769de..a0e49cf83c2a6585a259b6a56897e849939bee5a 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/darshan-core.h
+++ b/darshan-runtime/darshan-core.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* Environment variable to override __DARSHAN_MEM_ALIGNMENT */
 #define DARSHAN_MEM_ALIGNMENT_OVERRIDE "DARSHAN_MEMALIGN"
 
-#define DARSHAN_CORE_MAX_RECORDS 1024
+#define DARSHAN_CORE_MAX_RECORDS 4096
 
 /* TODO: revisit this default size if we change memory per module */
 #define DARSHAN_CORE_COMP_BUF_SIZE (2 * 1024 * 1024)