diff --git a/scripts/kld-gate-swift15.sh b/scripts/kld-gate-swift15.sh
index b71e496..8285bc8 100755
--- a/scripts/kld-gate-swift15.sh
+++ b/scripts/kld-gate-swift15.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ podman run --rm --name "$C" \
     --override-chat-template /models/tpl.jinja \
     --kld-ref /data/kld-ref --kld-out /data/kld-gate.json \
     --vram-kv-mib 2048 \
-    --max-num-seqs 4 --max-num-batched-tokens 16384 \
+    --max-num-seqs 4 --max-num-batched-tokens 3072 \
     2>&1 | tee "$LOG"
 rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 [ "$rc" -eq 0 ] || { echo "KLD GATE BOOT FAILED rc=$rc; log: $LOG"; exit "$rc"; }