diff --git a/src/conflicts/UnknownName.ts b/src/conflicts/UnknownName.ts
index 21f2afccb..c0193ddf6 100644
--- a/src/conflicts/UnknownName.ts
+++ b/src/conflicts/UnknownName.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ export class UnknownName extends Conflict {
                 context,
             );
 
-            const userInput: string = this.name.name.text.text // user input
-            const maxNames: number = 1000; // the maximum number of names we want to check
-            names = names.slice(0, maxNames) // truncate the names array after the desired amount
-
+            const userInput: string = this.name.name.text.text // unknown name input by user
+            const maxNames: number = 50; // the maximum number of names we want to check edit distance for (cap for performance)
+            names.splice(maxNames) // truncate the names array after the desired amount
+            
             for (let i = names.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                const currName: string = names[i].definition.names.names[0].name.text.text // loop through every name
+                const currName: string = names[i].definition.names.names[0].name.text.text // get name in string form from Refer object
                 
                 if (this.levenshtein(userInput, currName) > 1) { // check if levenshtein distance is greater than 1
                     names.splice(i, 1) // filter out names that are dissimilar