diff --git a/tests/test_decoder.c b/tests/test_decoder.c
index 6fec585..77dbe3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_decoder.c
+++ b/tests/test_decoder.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define DECODER_HASH_MASK  0x7FF
 #define DECODER_HASH_TABLE_SIZE 2048
 #define BLOCK_SIZE         (1U << DECODER_HASH_SHIFT)
-#define MAX_LOCAL_CANDIDATES 256
+#define MAX_LOCAL_CANDIDATES 1024
 
 typedef struct
 {