diff --git a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
index e6364173..cddf94d7 100644
--- a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = _.merge({}, peliasQuery.defaults, {
 
   'focus:function': 'exp',
   'focus:offset': '0km',
-  'focus:scale': '250km',
+  'focus:scale': '50km',
   'focus:decay': 0.5,
   'focus:weight': 15,
 
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
index 4dd54d7c..9908d0b2 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
                   'lon': -82.50622
                 },
                 'offset': '0km',
-                'scale': '250km',
+                'scale': '50km',
                 'decay': 0.5
               }
             },
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
index c623d272..43a90694 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
                   'lon': 0
                 },
                 'offset': '0km',
-                'scale': '250km',
+                'scale': '50km',
                 'decay': 0.5
               }
             },