diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMemTable.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMemTable.c
index d8253e25f7..d34af9acae 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMemTable.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMemTable.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "tsdb.h"
 
 #define MEM_MIN_HASH 1024
-#define SL_MAX_LEVEL 1
+#define SL_MAX_LEVEL 5
 
 // sizeof(SMemSkipListNode) + sizeof(SMemSkipListNode *) * (l) * 2
 #define SL_NODE_SIZE(l)               (sizeof(SMemSkipListNode) + ((l) << 4))
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCfg.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCfg.c
index c326c8bfac..54d2eabfa4 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCfg.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCfg.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const SVnodeCfg vnodeCfgDefault = {.vgId = -1,
                                    .tsdbCfg = {.precision = TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MILLI,
                                                .update = 1,
                                                .compression = 2,
-                                               .slLevel = 5,
+                                               .slLevel = 1,
                                                .days = 14400,
                                                .minRows = 100,
                                                .maxRows = 4096,