diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3673332..c85e886 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Poor Maps 0.5.1
 
  [X] Work around an OSRM router bug causing it to sometimes not find
      a route at all (see http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osrm-talk/2014-June/000588.html)
+ [X] Simplify MapQuest Open router paths at high zoom levels as well
  [X] Fix partial display of route polyline at high zoom levels
 
 Poor Maps 1.0
diff --git a/routers/mapquest_open.py b/routers/mapquest_open.py
index a6cfd70..7fac553 100644
--- a/routers/mapquest_open.py
+++ b/routers/mapquest_open.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
        "&routeType={type}"
        "&doReverseGeocode=false"
        "&shapeFormat=cmp"
-       "&generalize=1"
+       "&generalize=8"
        "&manMaps=false")
 
 cache = {}