diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index 112efe5..4412354 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_SCHEDULED_TICK_OFFSET 8
 #define DEFAULT_NODE_PORT 21841
 #define DEFAULT_NODE_IP "127.0.0.1"
-#define NUMBER_OF_TRANSACTIONS_PER_TICK 1024
+#define NUMBER_OF_TRANSACTIONS_PER_TICK 4096
 #define SIGNATURE_SIZE 64
 #define MAX_INPUT_SIZE 1024ULL
 #define MAX_TRANSACTION_SIZE (MAX_INPUT_SIZE + sizeof(Transaction) + SIGNATURE_SIZE)
diff --git a/node_utils.cpp b/node_utils.cpp
index c5f2c93..8bdf4ef 100644
--- a/node_utils.cpp
+++ b/node_utils.cpp
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ void getVoteCounterTransaction(const char* nodeIp, const int nodePort, unsigned
     auto extraData = std::make_unique<std::vector<ExtraDataStruct>>();
     extraData->reserve(NUMBER_OF_TRANSACTIONS_PER_TICK);
 
-    getTickTransactions(qc, requestedTick, 1024, *txs, /*hashes=*/nullptr, extraData.get(), /*sigs=*/nullptr);
+    getTickTransactions(qc, requestedTick, NUMBER_OF_TRANSACTIONS_PER_TICK, *txs, /*hashes=*/nullptr, extraData.get(), /*sigs=*/nullptr);
     
     auto td = std::make_unique<TickData>();
     getTickData(qc, requestedTick, *td);
diff --git a/submodules/core b/submodules/core
index 57bf1ab..74b0180 160000
--- a/submodules/core
+++ b/submodules/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 57bf1abed06aba42f309ec8d8163e6f595c03782
+Subproject commit 74b0180f0fad9e4bb350e7eca0fa383f88c3d0ba