diff --git a/src/thread_local.c b/src/thread_local.c
index 2eb098b9..3da16d6c 100644
--- a/src/thread_local.c
+++ b/src/thread_local.c
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #include "atomic.h"
 #include "intrinsics.h"
 
-#define THREAD_LOCAL_TABLE_RESERVE (MEGABYTE(1))
+#define THREAD_LOCAL_STORE_RESERVE (MEGABYTE(64))
 
 /* Arbitrary. Increase if needed. */
-#define MAX_THREAD_LOCAL_VARS 64
+#define MAX_THREAD_LOCAL_VARS 256
 
 GLOBAL struct {
     struct atomic_i64 metas_lock_flag;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct thread_local_store thread_local_store_alloc(void)
 {
     __prof;
     struct thread_local_store t = { 0 };
-    t.arena = arena_alloc(THREAD_LOCAL_TABLE_RESERVE);
+    t.arena = arena_alloc(THREAD_LOCAL_STORE_RESERVE);
     t.lookup = arena_push_array_zero(&t.arena, void *, MAX_THREAD_LOCAL_VARS);
     t.allocation_order = arena_push_array_zero(&t.arena, u64, MAX_THREAD_LOCAL_VARS);
     return t;
diff --git a/src/work.c b/src/work.c
index c5e7f961..822799b2 100644
--- a/src/work.c
+++ b/src/work.c
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ INTERNAL struct work_handle work_push_from_slate_assume_locked(struct work_slate
          */
         struct worker_ctx *ctx = thread_local_eval(&tl_worker_ctx);
         if (ctx->is_worker) {
-            b32 more_tasks = true;
-            while (G.idle_worker_count == 0 && work->workers == 0 && more_tasks) {
-                more_tasks = work_exec_single_task_maybe_release_assume_locked(work);
+            b32 work_done = false;
+            while (!work_done && G.idle_worker_count == 0 && work->workers == 0) {
+                work_done = !work_exec_single_task_maybe_release_assume_locked(work);
             }
         }
     }