diff --git a/src/elements/core.c b/src/elements/core.c
index 75523993..50e69016 100644
--- a/src/elements/core.c
+++ b/src/elements/core.c
@@ -3275,7 +3275,7 @@ done:
 __hot static void mdbx_page_copy(MDBX_page *dst, MDBX_page *src,
                                  unsigned psize) {
   STATIC_ASSERT(UINT16_MAX > MAX_PAGESIZE - PAGEHDRSZ);
-  STATIC_ASSERT(MIN_PAGESIZE > PAGEHDRSZ + NODESIZE * 42);
+  STATIC_ASSERT(MIN_PAGESIZE > PAGEHDRSZ + NODESIZE * 4);
   if (!IS_LEAF2(src)) {
     size_t upper = src->mp_upper, lower = src->mp_lower, unused = upper - lower;
 
@@ -6298,7 +6298,7 @@ static void __cold mdbx_setup_pagesize(MDBX_env *env, const size_t pagesize) {
   mdbx_ensure(env, pagesize <= MAX_PAGESIZE);
   env->me_psize = (unsigned)pagesize;
 
-  STATIC_ASSERT(mdbx_maxgc_ov1page(MIN_PAGESIZE) > 42);
+  STATIC_ASSERT(mdbx_maxgc_ov1page(MIN_PAGESIZE) > 4);
   STATIC_ASSERT(mdbx_maxgc_ov1page(MAX_PAGESIZE) < MDBX_DPL_TXNFULL);
   const intptr_t maxgc_ov1page = (pagesize - PAGEHDRSZ) / sizeof(pgno_t) - 1;
   mdbx_ensure(env,
diff --git a/src/elements/internals.h b/src/elements/internals.h
index d7bebaa3..7e83b0a5 100644
--- a/src/elements/internals.h
+++ b/src/elements/internals.h
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ typedef struct MDBX_lockinfo {
  * pressure from other processes is high. So until OSs have
  * actual paging support for Huge pages, they're not viable. */
 #define MAX_PAGESIZE 0x10000u
-#define MIN_PAGESIZE 512u
+#define MIN_PAGESIZE 256u
 
 #define MIN_MAPSIZE (MIN_PAGESIZE * MIN_PAGENO)
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)