diff --git a/noaa/index.json b/noaa/index.json
index 1317d842..f4829f42 100644
--- a/noaa/index.json
+++ b/noaa/index.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "settings": {
     "index.number_of_shards": {{number_of_shards | default(1)}},
     "index.number_of_replicas": {{number_of_replicas | default(0)}},
-    "index.queries.cache.enabled": false
+    "index.queries.cache.enabled": false,
+    "index.merge.policy.max_merged_segment": "100GB"
   },
   "mappings": {
     "summary": {
@@ -270,4 +271,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}