diff --git a/apps/web/components/graph-layout-view.tsx b/apps/web/components/graph-layout-view.tsx
index 9dc4a143..664f297b 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/graph-layout-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/graph-layout-view.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { dmSansClassName } from "@/lib/fonts"
 import { ShareModal } from "./share-modal"
 import { shareParam } from "@/lib/search-params"
 
-const GRAPH_MAX_NODES = 3000
+const GRAPH_MAX_NODES = 15000
 
 export const GraphLayoutView = memo(function GraphLayoutView({
 	onOpenDocument,
diff --git a/packages/memory-graph/src/canvas/simulation.ts b/packages/memory-graph/src/canvas/simulation.ts
index 9726a7df..4182f5e2 100644
--- a/packages/memory-graph/src/canvas/simulation.ts
+++ b/packages/memory-graph/src/canvas/simulation.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import * as d3 from "d3-force"
 import type { DocumentNodeData, GraphEdge, GraphNode } from "../types"
 import { FORCE_CONFIG } from "../constants"
 
+const DENSE_GRAPH_STATIC_THRESHOLD = 6000
+
 export class ForceSimulation {
 	private sim: d3.Simulation<GraphNode, GraphEdge> | null = null
 
@@ -61,8 +63,17 @@ export class ForceSimulation {
 
 			this.sim.stop()
 			this.sim.alpha(1)
-			for (let i = 0; i < FORCE_CONFIG.preSettleTicks; i++) this.sim.tick()
-			this.sim.alphaTarget(0).restart()
+			const preSettleTicks =
+				nodes.length > DENSE_GRAPH_STATIC_THRESHOLD
+					? FORCE_CONFIG.densePreSettleTicks
+					: FORCE_CONFIG.preSettleTicks
+			for (let i = 0; i < preSettleTicks; i++) this.sim.tick()
+
+			if (nodes.length > DENSE_GRAPH_STATIC_THRESHOLD) {
+				this.stop()
+			} else {
+				this.sim.alphaTarget(0).restart()
+			}
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error("ForceSimulation.init failed:", e)
 			this.destroy()
diff --git a/packages/memory-graph/src/constants.ts b/packages/memory-graph/src/constants.ts
index 7c6869c4..fcfe3650 100644
--- a/packages/memory-graph/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/memory-graph/src/constants.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const FORCE_CONFIG = {
 	velocityDecay: 0.45,
 	alphaTarget: 0.3,
 	preSettleTicks: 150,
+	densePreSettleTicks: 12,
 }
 
 export const GRAPH_SETTINGS = {