diff --git a/.changeset/chilled-boxes-work.md b/.changeset/chilled-boxes-work.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e25c81bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilled-boxes-work.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/app": patch
+---
+
+fix: Increase span waterfall limit to 50 - 100k spans
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/DBTraceWaterfallChart.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/DBTraceWaterfallChart.tsx
index 1a7c767d3..abdbdc060 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/DBTraceWaterfallChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/DBTraceWaterfallChart.tsx
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function getConfig(
     from: source.from,
     timestampValueExpression: alias.Timestamp,
     where: `${alias.TraceId} = '${traceId}'`,
-    limit: { limit: 10000 },
+    limit: { limit: 50000 },
     connection: source.connection,
   };
   return { config, alias, type: source.kind };