diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
index 0c6b9ab..610e1c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public abstract class AbstractLSMIndex implements ILSMIndexInternal {
-    protected final static double MAX_BLOOM_FILTER_ACCEPTABLE_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE = 0.1;
+    protected final static double MAX_BLOOM_FILTER_ACCEPTABLE_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE = 0.01;
 
     protected final ILSMHarness lsmHarness;