diff --git a/iguana/main.c b/iguana/main.c
index ffb1ddef9..e248f303c 100755
--- a/iguana/main.c
+++ b/iguana/main.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int32_t initflag;
 int32_t HDRnet,netBLOCKS;
 cJSON *API_json;
 #ifdef __linux__
-int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 3;
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 16;
 #else
 int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 3;
 #endif
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ void iguana_main(void *arg)
     if ( 1 )
     {
         sleep(1);
-        if ( 1 && (str= SuperNET_JSON(myinfo,cJSON_Parse("{\"startpend\":512,\"endpend\":128,\"userhome\":\"/Users/jimbolaptop/Library/Application Support\",\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addcoin\",\"services\":128,\"maxpeers\":512,\"newcoin\":\"BTCD\",\"active\":1,\"numhelpers\":8,\"poll\":1}"),0,myinfo->rpcport)) != 0 )
+        if ( 1 && (str= SuperNET_JSON(myinfo,cJSON_Parse("{\"startpend\":64,\"endpend\":64,\"userhome\":\"/Users/jimbolaptop/Library/Application Support\",\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addcoin\",\"services\":128,\"maxpeers\":512,\"newcoin\":\"BTCD\",\"active\":1,\"numhelpers\":8,\"poll\":1}"),0,myinfo->rpcport)) != 0 )
         {
             free(str);
             if ( 0 && (str= SuperNET_JSON(myinfo,cJSON_Parse("{\"userhome\":\"/Users/jimbolaptop/Library/Application Support\",\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addcoin\",\"services\":1024,\"maxpeers\":256,\"newcoin\":\"BTCD\",\"active\":1}"),0,myinfo->rpcport)) != 0 )