diff --git a/mongoose.c b/mongoose.c
index b4d0ce626fc436ec225ba9647491d5381e959a97..24838ecdaf092fa886d30cabf9d5002b30bd0680 100644
--- a/mongoose.c
+++ b/mongoose.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static const char *config_options[] = {
   "p", "listening_ports", "8080",
   "r", "document_root",  ".",
   "s", "ssl_certificate", NULL,
-  "t", "num_threads", "20",
+  "t", "num_threads", "50",
   "u", "run_as_user", NULL,
   "w", "url_rewrite_patterns", NULL,
   "x", "hide_files_patterns", NULL,