diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 5bc6b366..6ce91b22 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ impl Damus {
         let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(imgcache_dir.clone());
 
         let mut config = Config::new();
-        config.set_ingester_threads(2);
+        config.set_ingester_threads(4);
 
         let mut account_manager = AccountManager::new(
             // TODO: should pull this from settings