diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMaxMatchTokens.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMaxMatchTokens.java
index 262a0f4..5a39340 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMaxMatchTokens.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMaxMatchTokens.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.Krill;
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@
                 .getFile());
     }
     
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        KrillProperties.maxTokenMatchSize = 40;
+    }
+    
     @AfterClass
     public static void resetMaxTokenMatchSize() {
         KrillProperties.maxTokenMatchSize = 50;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/krill.properties b/src/test/resources/krill.properties
index 9cfe438..3714c0c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/krill.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/krill.properties
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 krill.namedVC = queries/collections/named-vcs/
 krill.test = true
 
-krill.match.max.token=40
+krill.match.max.token=50
 krill.context.max.token=25