diff --git a/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTask.php b/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTask.php
index 7a20906..f5221ea 100644
--- a/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTask.php
+++ b/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTask.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 class ProcessTask extends AbstractBaseTask implements ProgressProviderInterface
 {
+    public $numberOfItemsPerRun = 100;
 
     /**
      * This is the main method that is called when a task is executed
diff --git a/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTaskAdditionalFieldProvider.php b/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTaskAdditionalFieldProvider.php
index c320d51..9f6a668 100644
--- a/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTaskAdditionalFieldProvider.php
+++ b/Classes/Scheduler/ProcessTaskAdditionalFieldProvider.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function getAdditionalFields(array &$taskInfo, $task, \TYPO3\CMS\Schedule
         }
 
         $additionalFields[$fieldId] = [
-            'code' => '<input type="text" class="form-control" name="' . $fieldName . '" id="' . $fieldId . '" size="10" value="' . $taskInfo[$fieldId] . '"" />',
+            'code' => '<input type="text" class="form-control" name="' . $fieldName . '" id="' . $fieldId . '" size="10" value="' . $task->numberOfItemsPerRun . '"" />',
             'label' => 'LLL:EXT:versatile_crawler/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:scheduler.processTask.numberOfItemsPerRun'
         ];