diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index bf2f89be7..f32004801 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Session::Session(QObject *parent)
     , m_announceToAllTrackers(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("AnnounceToAllTrackers"), false)
     , m_announceToAllTiers(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("AnnounceToAllTiers"), true)
     , m_asyncIOThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("AsyncIOThreadsCount"), 10)
-    , m_hashingThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("HashingThreadsCount"), 2)
+    , m_hashingThreads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("HashingThreadsCount"), 1)
     , m_filePoolSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("FilePoolSize"), 5000)
     , m_checkingMemUsage(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("CheckingMemUsageSize"), 32)
     , m_diskCacheSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("DiskCacheSize"), -1)