diff --git a/src/optionsStorage.ts b/src/optionsStorage.ts
index 4d76ba0c..a60fbb8d 100644
--- a/src/optionsStorage.ts
+++ b/src/optionsStorage.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   alwaysShowMobileControls: false,
   excludeCommunicationDebugEvents: [],
   preventDevReloadWhilePlaying: false,
-  numWorkers: 4,
+  numWorkers: 2,
   localServerOptions: {
     gameMode: 1
   } as any,