diff --git a/iguana/main.c b/iguana/main.c
index dd41484ed..d873408fa 100755
--- a/iguana/main.c
+++ b/iguana/main.c
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ char GLOBAL_HELPDIR[512] = "help";
 char GLOBAL_DBDIR[512] = "DB";
 char GLOBAL_VALIDATEDIR[512] = "DB/purgeable";
 char GLOBAL_CONFSDIR[512] = "confs";
+#ifdef __linux
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 8;
+#else
 int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 4;
 #endif
+#endif
 
 struct iguana_jsonitem { struct queueitem DL; struct supernet_info *myinfo; uint32_t fallback,expired,allocsize; char **retjsonstrp; char remoteaddr[64]; uint16_t port; char jsonstr[]; };