diff --git a/src/automate.c b/src/automate.c
index 7fd0c5d62..c3a135fe1 100644
--- a/src/automate.c
+++ b/src/automate.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void autostudy_run(scholar scholars[], int nscholars)
     }
 }
 
-#define MAXSCHOLARS 512
+#define MAXSCHOLARS 2048
 
 void do_autostudy(region *r)
 {