2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 28bcf56..2e20bc7 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Fixed broken NetBSD build (missing dependency in Makefile.NetBSD).
 
 The user profile can now include longitude and latitude data for your current location.
 
+Reduced RSA key size for new users from 4096 to 2048. This will be friendlier to smaller machines, and everybody else out there is using 2048.
+
 ## 2.68
 
 Fixed regression in link verification code (contributed by nowster).
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 336ae2d..8422a9a 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int adduser(const char *uid)
     }
 
     printf("\nCreating RSA key...\n");
-    key = xs_evp_genkey(4096);
+    key = xs_evp_genkey(2048);
     printf("Done.\n");
 
     xs *kfn = xs_fmt("%s/key.json", basedir);