diff --git a/SkipList.cpp b/SkipList.cpp
index cff2f09..304717f 100644
--- a/SkipList.cpp
+++ b/SkipList.cpp
@@ -423,18 +423,23 @@ public:
   }
   void swap(SkipList &other) { std::swap(header, other.header); }
 
-  void addConflictRanges(const Finger *fingers, int rangeCount,
-                         Version version) {
+  // Returns the change in the number of entries
+  int64_t addConflictRanges(const Finger *fingers, int rangeCount,
+                            Version version) {
+    int64_t result = rangeCount;
     for (int r = rangeCount - 1; r >= 0; r--) {
       const Finger &startF = fingers[r * 2];
       const Finger &endF = fingers[r * 2 + 1];
 
-      if (endF.found() == nullptr)
+      if (endF.found() == nullptr) {
+        ++result;
         insert(endF, endF.finger[0]->getMaxVersion(0));
+      }
 
-      remove(startF, endF);
+      result -= remove(startF, endF);
       insert(startF, version);
     }
+    return result;
   }
 
   void detectConflicts(ReadConflictRange *ranges, int count,
@@ -564,9 +569,10 @@ public:
   }
 
 private:
-  void remove(const Finger &start, const Finger &end) {
+  // Returns the number of entries removed
+  int64_t remove(const Finger &start, const Finger &end) {
     if (start.finger[0] == end.finger[0])
-      return;
+      return 0;
 
     Node *x = start.finger[0]->getNext(0);
 
@@ -575,13 +581,16 @@ private:
       if (start.finger[i] != end.finger[i])
         start.finger[i]->setNext(i, end.finger[i]->getNext(i));
 
+    int64_t result = 0;
     while (true) {
       Node *next = x->getNext(0);
       x->destroy();
+      ++result;
       if (x == end.finger[0])
         break;
       x = next;
     }
+    return result;
   }
 
   void insert(const Finger &f, Version version) {
@@ -772,17 +781,20 @@ struct __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) ConflictSet::Impl {
     StringRef values[stripeSize];
     int64_t writeVersions[stripeSize / 2];
     int ss = stringCount - (stripes - 1) * stripeSize;
+    int64_t entryDelta = 0;
     for (int s = stripes - 1; s >= 0; s--) {
       for (int i = 0; i * 2 < ss; ++i) {
         const auto &w = combinedWriteConflictRanges[s * stripeSize / 2 + i];
         values[i * 2] = w.first;
         values[i * 2 + 1] = w.second;
-        keyUpdates += 3;
       }
       skipList.find(values, fingers, temp, ss);
-      skipList.addConflictRanges(fingers, ss / 2, writeVersion);
+      entryDelta += skipList.addConflictRanges(fingers, ss / 2, writeVersion);
       ss = stripeSize;
     }
+
+    // Run gc at least 200% the rate we're inserting entries
+    keyUpdates += std::max<int64_t>(entryDelta, 0) * 2;
   }
 
   void setOldestVersion(int64_t oldestVersion) {
@@ -792,7 +804,7 @@ struct __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) ConflictSet::Impl {
     int temp;
     std::span<const uint8_t> key = removalKey;
     skipList.find(&key, &finger, &temp, 1);
-    skipList.removeBefore(oldestVersion, finger, std::exchange(keyUpdates, 10));
+    skipList.removeBefore(oldestVersion, finger, std::exchange(keyUpdates, 0));
     removalArena = Arena();
     removalKey = copyToArena(
         removalArena, {finger.getValue().data(), finger.getValue().size()});
@@ -801,7 +813,7 @@ struct __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) ConflictSet::Impl {
   int64_t totalBytes = 0;
 
 private:
-  int64_t keyUpdates = 10;
+  int64_t keyUpdates = 0;
   Arena removalArena;
   std::span<const uint8_t> removalKey;
   int64_t oldestVersion;