diff --git a/cmd/algocfg/profileCommand.go b/cmd/algocfg/profileCommand.go
index 34f9183009..4cd9bf5c9e 100644
--- a/cmd/algocfg/profileCommand.go
+++ b/cmd/algocfg/profileCommand.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var (
 	relay = configUpdater{
 		description: "Relay consensus messages across the network and support catchup.",
 		updateFunc: func(cfg config.Local) config.Local {
-			cfg.MaxBlockHistoryLookback = 20000
+			cfg.MaxBlockHistoryLookback = 22000 // Enough to support 2 catchpoints with some wiggle room for nodes to catch up from the older one
 			cfg.CatchpointFileHistoryLength = 3
 			cfg.CatchpointTracking = 2
 			cfg.EnableLedgerService = true