diff --git a/wgpu/src/quad.rs b/wgpu/src/quad.rs
index e35aebc9..0125ec0b 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/quad.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/quad.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use wgpu::util::DeviceExt;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use tracing::info_span;
 
-const INITIAL_INSTANCES: usize = 10_000;
+const INITIAL_INSTANCES: usize = 2_000;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Pipeline {