diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 7e836dab3..9c4654f5e 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ run_python_simple_inner(char* code)
 int
 numpy_patch_init();
 
+int
+get_python_stack_depth()
+{
+  PyThreadState* tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
+  return tstate->recursion_depth;
+}
+
 /**
  * Bootstrap steps here:
  *  1. Initialize init_dict so that runPythonSimple will work.
diff --git a/src/js/pyodide.js b/src/js/pyodide.js
index bb57ace83..914f2a80b 100644
--- a/src/js/pyodide.js
+++ b/src/js/pyodide.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function fixRecursionLimit() {
     recurse();
   } catch (err) {}
 
-  let recursionLimit = Math.min(depth / 50, 400);
+  let recursionLimit = Math.min(depth / 25, 500);
   Module.runPythonSimple(
     `import sys; sys.setrecursionlimit(int(${recursionLimit}))`
   );