diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ec8566280..0c4d9af64 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.21.22 (not yet released)
 * database
-  - simple: reduce I/O overhead while reading database file
+  - simple: optimize startup
 * input
   - curl: fix streaming errors on Android
 * playlist
diff --git a/src/tag/Pool.cxx b/src/tag/Pool.cxx
index 95172b46a..89ca0d4fb 100644
--- a/src/tag/Pool.cxx
+++ b/src/tag/Pool.cxx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 Mutex tag_pool_lock;
 
-static constexpr size_t NUM_SLOTS = 4093;
+static constexpr size_t NUM_SLOTS = 16127;
 
 struct TagPoolSlot {
 	TagPoolSlot *next;