diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
index 12c9c68..5b10777 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/StorageProperties.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         STORAGE_FILTERED_MEMORYCOMPONENT_MAX_SIZE(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, 0L),
         STORAGE_LSM_BLOOMFILTER_FALSEPOSITIVERATE(DOUBLE, 0.01d),
         STORAGE_COMPRESSION_BLOCK(STRING, "snappy"),
-        STORAGE_DISK_FORCE_BYTES(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getLongSizeInBytes(16, MEGABYTE)),
+        STORAGE_DISK_FORCE_BYTES(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getLongSizeInBytes(1, MEGABYTE)),
         STORAGE_IO_SCHEDULER(STRING, "greedy"),
         STORAGE_WRITE_RATE_LIMIT(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, 0l),
         STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_FLUSHES_PER_PARTITION(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 2),