diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/io/PersistentExtendedBlockingQueueDecoratorTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/io/PersistentExtendedBlockingQueueDecoratorTest.java
index ab317812e83a8c07ee8750cf54893fb57f0d0db5..d41180ef5cbf820b14ad9f91670e576ecc7ddd03 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/io/PersistentExtendedBlockingQueueDecoratorTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/io/PersistentExtendedBlockingQueueDecoratorTest.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public class PersistentExtendedBlockingQueueDecoratorTest
                 }
             }).start();
         Random random = new Random(37);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
         {
             try
             {