diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadBaseContext.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadBaseContext.java
index 249d9f998..72bc67626 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadBaseContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadBaseContext.java
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ public abstract class DLoadBaseContext {
 
     int queryBatchSize = queryProps.getQueryFetchBatch();
     if (queryBatchSize == -1) {
-      // not eager query fetch, just lazy loading
       return batchSize;
 
     } else if (queryBatchSize == 0) {
-      // default query fetch batch size is 100
       return 100;
 
     } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContext.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContext.java
index fde0ebde4..2088e5b05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContext.java
@@ -284,20 +284,23 @@ public class DLoadContext implements LoadContext {
 
   private void registerSecondaryNode(boolean many, OrmQueryProperties props) {
 
-    String path = props.getPath();
-    int lazyJoinBatch = props.getLazyFetchBatch();
-    int batchSize = lazyJoinBatch > 0 ? lazyJoinBatch : defaultBatchSize;
-
-    if (many) {
-      DLoadManyContext manyContext = createManyContext(path, batchSize, props);
-      manyMap.put(path, manyContext);
+    int batchSize;
+    if (props.isQueryFetch()) {
+      batchSize = 100;
     } else {
-      DLoadBeanContext beanContext = createBeanContext(path, batchSize, props);
-      beanMap.put(path, beanContext);
+      int lazyJoinBatch = props.getLazyFetchBatch();
+      batchSize = lazyJoinBatch > 0 ? lazyJoinBatch : defaultBatchSize;
+    }
+
+    String path = props.getPath();
+    if (many) {
+      manyMap.put(path, createManyContext(path, batchSize, props));
+    } else {
+      beanMap.put(path, createBeanContext(path, batchSize, props));
     }
   }
 
-  private DLoadManyContext getManyContext(String path) {
+  protected DLoadManyContext getManyContext(String path) {
     if (path == null) {
       throw new RuntimeException("path is null?");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContextTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContextTest.java
index 006544217..e81c52d48 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContextTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/loadcontext/DLoadContextTest.java
@@ -77,4 +77,19 @@ public class DLoadContextTest extends BaseTestCase {
     assertThat(customer.secondaryBatchSize).isEqualTo(5);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void construct_when_fetch_expect_100_100_batchSize() {
+
+    // the fetch is converted to a query join due to the maxRows
+    OrmQueryRequest<Order> queryRequest = queryRequest(query().fetch("details").setMaxRows(100))                                         ;
+    queryRequest.initTransIfRequired();
+    queryRequest.endTransIfRequired();
+
+    DLoadContext graphContext = (DLoadContext)queryRequest.getGraphContext();
+    DLoadManyContext details = graphContext.getManyContext("details");
+
+    assertThat(details.firstBatchSize).isEqualTo(100);
+    assertThat(details.secondaryBatchSize).isEqualTo(100);
+  }
+
 }
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