diff --git a/es2-persistence/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/dao/es/index/ElasticSearchDAO.java b/es2-persistence/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/dao/es/index/ElasticSearchDAO.java
index 8237839819..c37df2ad7a 100644
--- a/es2-persistence/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/dao/es/index/ElasticSearchDAO.java
+++ b/es2-persistence/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/dao/es/index/ElasticSearchDAO.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package com.netflix.conductor.dao.es.index;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.netflix.conductor.annotations.Trace;
 import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.events.EventExecution;
 import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.Task;
@@ -37,6 +36,25 @@
 import com.netflix.conductor.dao.es.index.query.parser.ParserException;
 import com.netflix.conductor.dao.es.utils.RetryUtil;
 import com.netflix.conductor.metrics.Monitors;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsResponse;
@@ -68,28 +86,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.inject.Singleton;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
-
 /**
  * @author Viren
  *
@@ -114,6 +110,8 @@ public class ElasticSearchDAO implements IndexDAO {
 
 	private static final int RETRY_COUNT = 3;
 
+	private final int archiveSearchBatchSize;
+
 	private String indexName;
 
 	private String logIndexName;
@@ -140,6 +138,7 @@ public ElasticSearchDAO(Client elasticSearchClient, Configuration config, Object
 		this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
 		this.elasticSearchClient = elasticSearchClient;
 		this.indexName = config.getProperty("workflow.elasticsearch.index.name", null);
+		this.archiveSearchBatchSize = config.getIntProperty("workflow.elasticsearch.archive.search.batchSize", 5000);
 
 		try {
 
@@ -499,7 +498,6 @@ private SearchResult<String> search(String structuredQuery, int start, int size,
 	@Override
 	public List<String> searchArchivableWorkflows(String indexName, long archiveTtlDays) {
 		QueryBuilder q = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
-				.must(QueryBuilders.rangeQuery("endTime").lt(LocalDate.now().minusDays(archiveTtlDays)))
 				.should(QueryBuilders.termQuery("status", "COMPLETED"))
 				.should(QueryBuilders.termQuery("status", "FAILED"))
 				.mustNot(QueryBuilders.existsQuery("archived"))
@@ -507,11 +505,14 @@ public List<String> searchArchivableWorkflows(String indexName, long archiveTtlD
 		SearchRequestBuilder s = elasticSearchClient.prepareSearch(indexName)
 				.setTypes("workflow")
 				.setQuery(q)
-				.setSize(1000);
+				.addSort("endTime", SortOrder.ASC)
+				.setSize(archiveSearchBatchSize);
 
 		SearchResponse response = s.execute().actionGet();
 
 		SearchHits hits = response.getHits();
+		logger.info("Archive search totalHits - {}", hits.getTotalHits());
+
 		List<String> ids = new LinkedList<>();
 		for (SearchHit hit : hits.getHits()) {
 			ids.add(hit.getId());