diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
index c8427de87..86d5f64c9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/widget/TasksWidgetViewFactory.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ internal class TasksWidgetViewFactory(
     private val markdown: Markdown,
     private val headerFormatter: HeaderFormatter,
 ) : RemoteViewsFactory {
-    private val taskLimit = if (atLeastAndroid16()) 175 + 1 else Int.MAX_VALUE
+    private val taskLimit = if (atLeastAndroid16()) 50 + 1 else Int.MAX_VALUE
     private val indentPadding = (20 * context.resources.displayMetrics.density).toInt()
     private val settings = widgetPreferences.getWidgetListSettings()
     private val hPad = context.resources.getDimension(R.dimen.widget_padding).toInt()
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/scrollable_widget_provider_info.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/scrollable_widget_provider_info.xml
index b0a5f7aee..a1d8ffcca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/scrollable_widget_provider_info.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/scrollable_widget_provider_info.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
   android:minResizeWidth="110dp"
   android:minWidth="110dp"
   android:resizeMode="horizontal|vertical"
-  android:updatePeriodMillis="1800000"
+  android:updatePeriodMillis="0"
   android:widgetCategory="keyguard|home_screen"
   tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute"/>