diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3274797..ba47eba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Solutions for [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) in [Rust](https://www.
 | [Day 20](./src/bin/20.rs) | `323.9µs` | `1.2ms` |
 | [Day 21](./src/bin/21.rs) | `64.1µs` | `494.7µs` |
 | [Day 22](./src/bin/22.rs) | `78.3µs` | `194.8µs` |
-| [Day 23](./src/bin/23.rs) | `331.0µs` | `19.6ms` |
+| [Day 23](./src/bin/23.rs) | `330.4µs` | `13.3ms` |
 
-**Total: 36.54ms**
+**Total: 30.24ms**
 <!--- benchmarking table --->
 
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diff --git a/src/bin/23.rs b/src/bin/23.rs
index 684e6e5..1df2375 100644
--- a/src/bin/23.rs
+++ b/src/bin/23.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn part_two(input: &str) -> Option<u16> {
     start = trim(start);
 
     // Find all paths to depth N iteratively to use rayon on the resulting paths.
-    const PRESEARCH_DEPTH: u8 = 2;
+    const PRESEARCH_DEPTH: u8 = 8;
     let mut paths = Vec::new();
     let mut stack = Vec::new();
     stack.push((start, 1u64 << start, 0, 0));