diff --git a/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake b/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
index febbf3fea224edf8e888c5cd6c1c937ec25db708..121e9910d5f84cdf8e0993248fd717a77ac10cff 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace :geocode do
     reverse = ENV['REVERSE'] || ENV['reverse']
     raise "Please specify a CLASS (model)" unless class_name
     klass = class_from_string(class_name)
-    batch = batch.to_i unless batch.nil?
+    batch = (batch.to_i unless batch.nil?) || 1000
     reverse = false unless reverse.to_s.downcase == 'true'
 
     if reverse