diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index fe1d5cd41..ea8d7a507 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createIntConfig("hz", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, g_pserver->config_hz, CONFIG_DEFAULT_HZ, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateHZ),
     createIntConfig("min-replicas-to-write", "min-slaves-to-write", MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, g_pserver->repl_min_slaves_to_write, 0, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateGoodSlaves),
     createIntConfig("min-replicas-max-lag", "min-slaves-max-lag", MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, g_pserver->repl_min_slaves_max_lag, 10, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateGoodSlaves),
-    createIntConfig("min-clients-per-thread", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, 400, cserver.thread_min_client_threshold, 50, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
+    createIntConfig("min-clients-per-thread", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, 400, cserver.thread_min_client_threshold, 20, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createIntConfig("replica-quorum", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, -1, INT_MAX, g_pserver->repl_quorum, -1, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     /* Unsigned int configs */
     createUIntConfig("maxclients", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, UINT_MAX, g_pserver->maxclients, 10000, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateMaxclients),