diff --git a/core/resharding.go b/core/resharding.go
index 09916dbad..7c8754970 100644
--- a/core/resharding.go
+++ b/core/resharding.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	// GenesisShardNum is the number of shard at genesis
 	GenesisShardNum = 4
 	// GenesisShardSize is the size of each shard at genesis
-	GenesisShardSize = 10
+	GenesisShardSize = 100
 	// CuckooRate is the percentage of nodes getting reshuffled in the second step of cuckoo resharding.
 	CuckooRate = 0.1
 )