diff --git a/scripts/frank-default-small.env b/scripts/frank-default-small.env
index 3081d90..193e535 100644
--- a/scripts/frank-default-small.env
+++ b/scripts/frank-default-small.env
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ ALIAS=frank-default-small
 BIND_ADDR=0.0.0.0
 LISTEN_PORT=7770
 
-# Three parallel slots, each with 160000 ctx. With PARALLEL=3 ik_llama
-# limits speculative decoding to a single slot, so SPEC stays none (MTP is
-# also disabled). The 3 slots triple the KV cache, so enough expert weights
-# are CPU-pinned for the cache to fit on the 24 GB card.
-CTX_SIZE=160000
+# Three parallel slots sharing a 491520 total context pool (491520/3 =
+# 163840 per slot — the requested 160k). With PARALLEL=3 ik_llama limits
+# speculative decoding to a single slot, so SPEC stays none (MTP is also
+# disabled). The 3 slots + 480k pool make the KV cache large, so expert
+# weights are CPU-pinned for the cache to fit on the 24 GB card.
+CTX_SIZE=491520
 PARALLEL=3
 
 # Speculative decoding: DISABLED. ik_llama limits spec to a single slot; at
diff --git a/scripts/serve-frank-small.sh b/scripts/serve-frank-small.sh
index 865f63d..4a4cc45 100755
--- a/scripts/serve-frank-small.sh
+++ b/scripts/serve-frank-small.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fi
 : "${ALIAS:=frank-default-small}"
 : "${BIND_ADDR:=0.0.0.0}"
 : "${LISTEN_PORT:=7770}"
-: "${CTX_SIZE:=160000}"
+: "${CTX_SIZE:=491520}"
 : "${PARALLEL:=3}"
 : "${SPEC_TYPE:=none}"
 : "${CACHE_TYPE_K:=q8_0}"
diff --git a/tests/frank_small_config.bats b/tests/frank_small_config.bats
index 59f316d..875661f 100644
--- a/tests/frank_small_config.bats
+++ b/tests/frank_small_config.bats
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ TEMPLATE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/chat-template.jinja"
     grep -q 'Ornith-1\.5-35B-A3B-CRACK-Q8_0\.gguf' "$SERVE_FILE"
 }
 
-@test "frank-default-small uses three 160000 context slots" {
-    grep -q '^CTX_SIZE=160000$' "$ENV_FILE"
+@test "frank-default-small uses three 163840-slot context (491520 pool)" {
+    grep -q '^CTX_SIZE=491520$' "$ENV_FILE"
     grep -q '^PARALLEL=3$' "$ENV_FILE"
+    grep -q '163840 per slot' "$ENV_FILE"
 }
 
 @test "frank-default-small uses K q8_0 + V q5_0 KV cache with Hadamard" {