diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index 411288a6a..ede512712 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -3186,7 +3186,8 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
 
         try {
             // find a list of DHT-peers
-            ArrayList seeds = yacyCore.dhtAgent.getDHTTargets(log, peerCount, 10, dhtChunk.firstContainer().getWordHash(), dhtChunk.lastContainer().getWordHash(), 0.2);
+            double maxDist = 0.2;
+            ArrayList seeds = yacyCore.dhtAgent.getDHTTargets(log, peerCount, Math.min(8, (int) (yacyCore.seedDB.sizeConnected() * maxDist)), dhtChunk.firstContainer().getWordHash(), dhtChunk.lastContainer().getWordHash(), maxDist);
             if (seeds.size() < peerCount) {
                 log.logWarning("found not enough (" + seeds.size() + ") peers for distribution for dhtchunk [" + dhtChunk.firstContainer().getWordHash() + " .. " + dhtChunk.lastContainer().getWordHash() + "]");
                 return false;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyDHTAction.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyDHTAction.java
index 50811e144..66a1e3ce8 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyDHTAction.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyDHTAction.java
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ public class yacyDHTAction implements yacyPeerAction {
               kelondroBase64Order.enhancedCoder.cardinal(lastKey.getBytes()) > kelondroBase64Order.enhancedCoder.cardinal(yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.hash.getBytes()));
         ArrayList seeds = new ArrayList();
         yacySeed seed;
-        double ownDistance = Math.min(yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.hash, firstKey), yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.hash, lastKey));
-        double maxDistance = Math.min(ownDistance, maxDist);
+        //double ownDistance = Math.min(yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.hash, firstKey), yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.hash, lastKey));
+        //double maxDistance = Math.min(ownDistance, maxDist);
 
         double firstdist, lastdist;
         Enumeration e = this.getAcceptRemoteIndexSeeds(lastKey);
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public class yacyDHTAction implements yacyPeerAction {
             if (seeds != null) {
             	firstdist = yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(seed.hash, firstKey);
             	lastdist = yacyDHTAction.dhtDistance(seed.hash, lastKey);
-                if ((lastdist < maxDistance) && (!(doublecheck.contains(seed.hash)))) {
+                if ((lastdist < maxDist) && (!(doublecheck.contains(seed.hash)))) {
                     if (log != null) log.logInfo("Selected  " + ((seeds.size() < primaryPeerCount) ? "primary" : "reserve") + "  DHT target peer " + seed.getName() + ":" + seed.hash + ", distance2first = " + firstdist + ", distance2last = " + lastdist);
                     seeds.add(seed);
                     doublecheck.add(seed.hash);