diff --git a/bin/rdfdb b/bin/rdfdb
--- a/bin/rdfdb
+++ b/bin/rdfdb
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ class WatchedFiles(object):
         if os.path.splitext(inFile)[1] not in ['.n3']:
             return
 
+        if '/capture/' in inFile:
+            # smaller graph for now
+            return
+            
         # an n3 file with rules makes it all the way past this reading
         # and the serialization. Then, on the receiving side, a
         # SyncedGraph calls graphFromNQuad on the incoming data and