diff --git a/gentest.ar b/gentest.ar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3fc4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gentest.ar
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+let myfile = file.write("rand_test.ar")
+
+for (i from 0 to 1e6) do
+  myfile.text("\"")
+  myfile.text(string(random()))
+  myfile.text("\"\n")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dynamic_array/darray.h b/src/dynamic_array/darray.h
index a5554aa..18258cb 100644
--- a/src/dynamic_array/darray.h
+++ b/src/dynamic_array/darray.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h> // for size_t
 
-#define CHUNK_SIZE 16
+#define CHUNK_SIZE 1048576
 
 typedef struct {
   void *data;
diff --git a/src/runtime/internals/dynamic_array_armem/darray_armem.h b/src/runtime/internals/dynamic_array_armem/darray_armem.h
index 2d2417c..499fff7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internals/dynamic_array_armem/darray_armem.h
+++ b/src/runtime/internals/dynamic_array_armem/darray_armem.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h> // for size_t
 
-#define CHUNK_SIZE 16
+#define CHUNK_SIZE 1048576
 
 typedef struct {
   void *data;
diff --git a/src/translator/translator.c b/src/translator/translator.c
index 53db10c..9c2951a 100644
--- a/src/translator/translator.c
+++ b/src/translator/translator.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void *arena_get(ConstantArena *arena, size_t offset) {
 }
 
 size_t arena_push(ConstantArena *arena, const void *data, size_t length) {
-  if (arena->size >= length) {
+  if (arena->size >= length && arena->size<100000) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i <= (arena->size - length); i++) {
       if (memcmp(data, arena->data + i, length) == 0) {
         return i;