diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/backends/sha1_mapped_filesystem.cpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/backends/sha1_mapped_filesystem.cpp
index 3daed84..a14a4df 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/backends/sha1_mapped_filesystem.cpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/backends/sha1_mapped_filesystem.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ void SHA1MappedFilesystem::newFromFile(std::string_view file_name, std::string_v
 		// build info
 		sha1_info.file_name = file_name_;
 		sha1_info.file_size = file_impl->_file_size; // TODO: remove the reliance on implementation details
+		sha1_info.chunk_size = chunkSizeFromFileSize(sha1_info.file_size);
+		{
+			// TOOD: remove
+			const uint32_t cs_low {32*1024};
+			const uint32_t cs_high {4*1024*1024};
+
+			assert(sha1_info.chunk_size >= cs_low);
+			assert(sha1_info.chunk_size <= cs_high);
+		}
 
 		{ // build chunks
 			// HACK: load file fully
diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.cpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.cpp
index fd82ded..885ca82 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.cpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "./ft1_sha1_info.hpp"
 
+// next power of two
+#include <entt/core/memory.hpp>
+
 #include <sodium.h>
 
 SHA1Digest::SHA1Digest(const std::vector<uint8_t>& v) {
@@ -28,6 +31,27 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const SHA1Digest& v) {
 	return out;
 }
 
+uint32_t chunkSizeFromFileSize(uint64_t file_size) {
+	const uint64_t fs_low {UINT64_C(512)*1024};
+	const uint64_t fs_high {UINT64_C(2)*1024*1024*1024};
+
+	const uint32_t cs_low {32*1024};
+	const uint32_t cs_high {4*1024*1024};
+
+	if (file_size <= fs_low) { // 512kib
+		return cs_low; // 32kib
+	} else if (file_size >= fs_high) { // 2gib
+		return cs_high; // 4mib
+	}
+
+	double t = file_size - fs_low;
+	t /= fs_high;
+
+	double x = (1 - t) * cs_low + t * cs_high;
+
+	return entt::next_power_of_two(uint64_t(x));
+}
+
 size_t FT1InfoSHA1::chunkSize(size_t chunk_index) const {
 	if (chunk_index+1 == chunks.size()) {
 		// last chunk
diff --git a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.hpp b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.hpp
index f09bd53..f3e850f 100644
--- a/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.hpp
+++ b/solanaceae/ngc_ft1_sha1/ft1_sha1_info.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ namespace std { // inject
 	};
 } // std
 
+uint32_t chunkSizeFromFileSize(uint64_t file_size);
+
 struct FT1InfoSHA1 {
 	std::string file_name;
 	uint64_t file_size {0};