diff --git a/lib/src/english/ParseEng.gf b/lib/src/english/ParseEng.gf
index f1bb8dd8e..8b09d24ff 100644
--- a/lib/src/english/ParseEng.gf
+++ b/lib/src/english/ParseEng.gf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ open MorphoEng, ResEng, ParadigmsEng, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.95 ;
+  beam_size=0.80 ;
 
 lin
   myself_NP = regNP "myself" singular ;