diff --git a/src/bulgarian/ParseEngBul.gf b/src/bulgarian/ParseEngBul.gf
index 09a4ea356..8a84ae34f 100644
--- a/src/bulgarian/ParseEngBul.gf
+++ b/src/bulgarian/ParseEngBul.gf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ open ResBul, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
+  beam_size=0.95 ;
   coding = utf8 ;
 
 lin
diff --git a/src/english/ParseEng.gf b/src/english/ParseEng.gf
index e4866906f..670873adb 100644
--- a/src/english/ParseEng.gf
+++ b/src/english/ParseEng.gf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ open MorphoEng, ResEng, ParadigmsEng, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
+  beam_size=0.95 ;
 
 lin
   myself_NP = regNP "myself" singular ;