diff --git a/scripts/pmTilesExtractGenerator.ts b/scripts/pmTilesExtractGenerator.ts
index 50ab37b4a..97d9db4cc 100644
--- a/scripts/pmTilesExtractGenerator.ts
+++ b/scripts/pmTilesExtractGenerator.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class PmTilesExtractGenerator {
             maxzoomflag = " --maxzoom=" + maxzoom
         }
 
-        if(!maxzoom && z < 15){
+        if(!maxzoom && z < 10){
             throw "No maxzoom for a pretty low zoom detected. This will result in a big archive"
         }