diff --git a/wordfreq_builder/wordfreq_builder/ninja.py b/wordfreq_builder/wordfreq_builder/ninja.py
index 93d957e..db0db9f 100644
--- a/wordfreq_builder/wordfreq_builder/ninja.py
+++ b/wordfreq_builder/wordfreq_builder/ninja.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def combine_lists(languages):
         output_file = wordlist_filename('combined', language)
         add_dep(lines, 'merge', input_files, output_file,
                 extra='wordfreq_builder/word_counts.py',
-                params={'cutoff': 0})
+                params={'cutoff': 2})
 
         output_cBpack = wordlist_filename(
             'combined-dist', language, 'msgpack.gz')