diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 7f452ec4a..dad014829 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Session::Session(QObject *parent)
     , m_announceToAllTrackers(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"AnnounceToAllTrackers"_qs), false)
     , m_announceToAllTiers(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"AnnounceToAllTiers"_qs), true)
     , m_asyncIOThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"AsyncIOThreadsCount"_qs), 10)
-    , m_hashingThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"HashingThreadsCount"_qs), 2)
+    , m_hashingThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"HashingThreadsCount"_qs), 1)
     , m_filePoolSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"FilePoolSize"_qs), 5000)
     , m_checkingMemUsage(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"CheckingMemUsageSize"_qs), 32)
     , m_diskCacheSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY(u"DiskCacheSize"_qs), -1)