diff --git a/kitty/disk-cache.c b/kitty/disk-cache.c
index bbb01dc5d..f84ea3e92 100644
--- a/kitty/disk-cache.c
+++ b/kitty/disk-cache.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #define EXTRA_INIT if (PyModule_AddFunctions(module, module_methods) != 0) return false;
-#define MAX_KEY_SIZE 256u
+#define MAX_KEY_SIZE 16u
 
 #include "disk-cache.h"
 #include "safe-wrappers.h"