diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 06b0306..82b8cd2 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "RecursiveFactorization"
 uuid = "f2c3362d-daeb-58d1-803e-2bc74f2840b4"
 authors = ["Yingbo Ma <mayingbo5@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.2.19"
+version = "0.2.20"
 
 [deps]
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
diff --git a/src/lu.jl b/src/lu.jl
index f75ee0e..8fd3442 100644
--- a/src/lu.jl
+++ b/src/lu.jl
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ end
 end
 
 @inline function nsplit(::Type{T}, n) where {T}
-    k = max(2, 512 ÷ (isbitstype(T) ? sizeof(T) : 8))
+    k = max(2, 128 ÷ (isbitstype(T) ? sizeof(T) : 8))
     k_2 = k ÷ 2
     return n >= k ? ((n + k_2) ÷ k) * k_2 : n ÷ 2
 end
@@ -277,12 +277,11 @@ function _generic_lufact!(A, ::Val{Pivot}, ipiv, info) where {Pivot}
             kp = k
             if Pivot
                 amax = abs(zero(eltype(A)))
-                for i in k:m
+                @turbo warn_check_args=false for i in k:m
                     absi = abs(A[i, k])
-                    if absi > amax
-                        kp = i
-                        amax = absi
-                    end
+                    isnewmax = absi > amax
+                    kp = isnewmax ? i : kp
+                    amax = isnewmax ? absi : amax
                 end
                 ipiv[k] = kp
             end