diff --git a/src/openalpr/postprocess/postprocess.cpp b/src/openalpr/postprocess/postprocess.cpp
index df90399..b5768d0 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/postprocess/postprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/postprocess/postprocess.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace alpr
         consecutiveNonMatches += 1;
       permutations.pop();
 
-      if (allPossibilities.size() >= topn || consecutiveNonMatches >= 10)
+      if (allPossibilities.size() >= topn || consecutiveNonMatches >= (topn*2))
         break;
 
       // add child permutations to queue