diff --git a/gitnexus/package-lock.json b/gitnexus/package-lock.json
index b937d11b9..4d555d47b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/package-lock.json
+++ b/gitnexus/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "gitnexus",
-  "version": "1.2.9",
+  "version": "1.3.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "gitnexus",
-      "version": "1.2.9",
+      "version": "1.3.3",
       "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@huggingface/transformers": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/gitnexus/package.json b/gitnexus/package.json
index 26fdfce39..94f56946a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/package.json
+++ b/gitnexus/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gitnexus",
-  "version": "1.3.2",
+  "version": "1.3.3",
   "description": "Graph-powered code intelligence for AI agents. Index any codebase, query via MCP or CLI.",
   "author": "Abhigyan Patwari",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
index c9365d3b0..7074593a0 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export interface FilePath {
 
 const READ_CONCURRENCY = 32;
 
-/** Skip files larger than 2MB — covers all real source files, excludes minified bundles/generated code */
-const MAX_FILE_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+/** Skip files larger than 512KB — they're usually generated/vendored and crash tree-sitter */
+const MAX_FILE_SIZE = 512 * 1024;
 
 /**
  * Phase 1: Scan repository — stat files to get paths + sizes, no content loaded.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const walkRepositoryPaths = async (
   }
 
   if (skippedLarge > 0) {
-    console.warn(`  Skipped ${skippedLarge} files larger than ${Math.round(MAX_FILE_SIZE / 1024 / 1024)}MB (likely generated/vendored)`);
+    console.warn(`  Skipped ${skippedLarge} large files (>${MAX_FILE_SIZE / 1024}KB, likely generated/vendored)`);
   }
 
   return entries;
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
index 1134ebe49..c15d39a17 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ const processParsingSequential = async (
     if (!language) continue;
 
     // Skip very large files — they can crash tree-sitter or cause OOM
-    if (file.content.length > 2 * 1024 * 1024) continue;
+    if (file.content.length > 512 * 1024) continue;
 
     await loadLanguage(language, file.path);
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
index a89d8b402..2eee2c5bc 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ const processFileGroup = (
 
   for (const file of files) {
     // Skip very large files — they can crash tree-sitter or cause OOM
-    if (file.content.length > 2 * 1024 * 1024) continue;
+    if (file.content.length > 512 * 1024) continue;
 
     let tree;
     try {