diff --git a/iguana/main.c b/iguana/main.c
index 031e1aa18..c21cba294 100755
--- a/iguana/main.c
+++ b/iguana/main.c
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ struct supernet_info MYINFO,**MYINFOS;
 static int32_t initflag;
 cJSON *API_json;
 #ifdef __linux__
-int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 8;
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 1;
 #else
-int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 4;
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 1;
 #endif
 struct iguana_jsonitem { struct queueitem DL; struct supernet_info *myinfo; uint32_t fallback,expired,allocsize; char **retjsonstrp; char remoteaddr[64]; char jsonstr[]; };