diff --git a/variants/thinknode_m7/platformio.ini b/variants/thinknode_m7/platformio.ini
index ea421b07..af5d8ea0 100644
--- a/variants/thinknode_m7/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/thinknode_m7/platformio.ini
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ build_flags =
   -D ADVERT_LAT=0.0
   -D ADVERT_LON=0.0
   -D ADMIN_PASSWORD='"password"'
-  -D MAX_NEIGHBOURS=8
+  -D MAX_NEIGHBOURS=50
 ;  -D MESH_PACKET_LOGGING=1
 ;  -D MESH_DEBUG=1
 lib_deps =