diff --git a/playbooks/templates/cassandra.yaml b/playbooks/templates/cassandra.yaml
index 51980b1..fb50969 100644
--- a/playbooks/templates/cassandra.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/templates/cassandra.yaml
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 data_file_directories:
     - {{data_dir}}/data
 commitlog_directory: {{data_dir}}/commitlog
 hints_directory: {{data_dir}}/hints
 saved_caches_directory: {{data_dir}}/saved_caches
 
 commitlog_sync: periodic
 commitlog_sync_period_in_ms: 10000
 partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner
 endpoint_snitch: SimpleSnitch
 seed_provider:
     - class_name: org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSeedProvider
       parameters:
           - seeds: "
             {%- for server in groups['cassandra-servers'] -%}
               {{hostvars[server].ansible_host}}
               {%- if not loop.last %},{% endif -%}
             {% endfor %}"
 
 storage_port: 7000
 native_transport_port: 9042
 start_native_transport: true
 listen_address: {{ansible_host}}
 start_rpc: false
+num_tokens: 256