diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 627c3d5ab..3462e7185 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ at anytime.
   * Fix shutdown of the blob tracker by Session
   * Fixed claim_new_support docstrings
   * Fixed BlobManager causing functional tests to fail, removed its unneeded manage() loop
+  * Increased max_key_fee
 
 ### Deprecated
   *
diff --git a/lbrynet/conf.py b/lbrynet/conf.py
index 20393d44b..6a960d11f 100644
--- a/lbrynet/conf.py
+++ b/lbrynet/conf.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ADJUSTABLE_SETTINGS = {
     'max_connections_per_stream': (int, 5),
     # TODO: writing json on the cmd line is a pain, come up with a nicer
     # parser for this data structure. maybe 'USD:25'
-    'max_key_fee': (json.loads, {'currency': 'USD', 'amount': 25.0}),
+    'max_key_fee': (json.loads, {'currency': 'USD', 'amount': 50.0}),
     'min_info_rate': (float, .02),  # points/1000 infos
     'min_valuable_hash_rate': (float, .05),  # points/1000 infos
     'min_valuable_info_rate': (float, .05),  # points/1000 infos