diff --git a/simplenote/simplenote.py b/simplenote/simplenote.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/simplenote/simplenote.py
+++ b/simplenote/simplenote.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ except ImportError:
 AUTH_URL = 'https://simple-note.appspot.com/api/login'
 DATA_URL = 'https://simple-note.appspot.com/api2/data'
 INDX_URL = 'https://simple-note.appspot.com/api2/index?'
-NOTE_FETCH_LENGTH = 20
+NOTE_FETCH_LENGTH = 100
 
 class SimplenoteLoginFailed(Exception):
     pass
Increase qty to max allowable by API to speed up retrieval

especially when there is a large number of notes