diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
index d270e45..a5e771f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import javax.crypto.CipherOutputStream
 import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec
 
 private val LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("Application")
-private val THREADS_TO_ALLOCATE = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 30 / 2
+private val THREADS_TO_ALLOCATE = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 30
 
 fun getServer(cache: DiskLruCache, serverSettings: ServerSettings, clientSettings: ClientSettings, statistics: AtomicReference<Statistics>): Http4kServer {
     val executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Netty.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Netty.kt
index 2cbde77..2846c92 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Netty.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Netty.kt
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ private val LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("Application")
 
 class Netty(private val tls: ServerSettings.TlsCert, private val clientSettings: ClientSettings, private val stats: AtomicReference<Statistics>) : ServerConfig {
     override fun toServer(httpHandler: HttpHandler): Http4kServer = object : Http4kServer {
-        private val masterGroup = NioEventLoopGroup()
-        private val workerGroup = NioEventLoopGroup()
+        private val masterGroup = NioEventLoopGroup(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 30 / 2)
+        private val workerGroup = NioEventLoopGroup(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 30 / 2)
         private lateinit var closeFuture: ChannelFuture
         private lateinit var address: InetSocketAddress