diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/options/JPlagOptions.java b/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/options/JPlagOptions.java
index 44eea1d2f..84d6af405 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/options/JPlagOptions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/jplag/options/JPlagOptions.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public record JPlagOptions(Language language, Integer minimumTokenMatch, Set<Fil
         boolean debugParser, MergingOptions mergingOptions) {
 
     public static final double DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD = 0;
-    public static final int DEFAULT_SHOWN_COMPARISONS = 100;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_SHOWN_COMPARISONS = 500;
     public static final int SHOW_ALL_COMPARISONS = 0;
     public static final SimilarityMetric DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_METRIC = SimilarityMetric.AVG;
     public static final Charset CHARSET = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;