diff --git a/includes/iguana_globals.h b/includes/iguana_globals.h
index f00e640e5..87a145fff 100755
--- a/includes/iguana_globals.h
+++ b/includes/iguana_globals.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ char GLOBAL_GENESISDIR[512] = "genesis";
 char GLOBAL_VALIDATEDIR[512] = "DB/purgeable";
 char GLOBAL_CONFSDIR[512] = "confs";
 #ifdef __linux
-int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 8;
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 1;
 #else
 int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 1;
 #endif