diff --git a/imap2md/export-imap-notes.py b/imap2md/export-imap-notes.py
index 8238b94..5cd6cbe 100644
--- a/imap2md/export-imap-notes.py
+++ b/imap2md/export-imap-notes.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 username = ""
 password = ""
 imapserver = ""
+N = 500
 
 if not os.path.isdir('notes'):
     os.mkdir('notes')
@@ -14,9 +15,6 @@ if not os.path.isdir('notes'):
 def clean(text):
     return "".join(c if c.isalnum() else "_" for c in text)
 
-# number of top emails to fetch
-N = 200
-
 imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(imapserver)
 imap.login(username, password)