diff --git a/modules/bred/bred/browser.py b/modules/bred/bred/browser.py
index 2e534b28d3fac952d075355f9180bbfc789c2974..f02167974e558fbf1cedc2ea359d12c7c1cb5103 100644
--- a/modules/bred/bred/browser.py
+++ b/modules/bred/bred/browser.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def get_history(self, account, coming=False):
         today = date.today()
         seen = set()
         offset = 0
+        total_transactions = 0
         next_page = True
         end_date = date.today()
         last_date = None
@@ -309,10 +310,11 @@ def get_history(self, account, coming=False):
 
             next_page = len(transactions) > 0
             offset += 50
+            total_transactions += 50
 
             # This assert supposedly prevents infinite loops,
             # but some customers actually have a lot of transactions.
-            assert offset < 100000, 'the site may be doing an infinite loop'
+            assert total_transactions < 50000, 'the site may be doing an infinite loop'
 
     @need_login
     def iter_investments(self, account):