diff --git a/PINCache/PINCache.m b/PINCache/PINCache.m
index fcb14684..518a5bc4 100644
--- a/PINCache/PINCache.m
+++ b/PINCache/PINCache.m
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ - (instancetype)initWithName:(NSString *)name rootPath:(NSString *)rootPath seri
     if (self = [super init]) {
         _name = [name copy];
       
-        _operationQueue = [[PINOperationQueue alloc] initWithMaxConcurrentOperations:5];
+        //10 may actually be a bit high, but currently much of our threads are blocked on empyting the trash. Until we can resolve that, lets bump this up.
+        _operationQueue = [[PINOperationQueue alloc] initWithMaxConcurrentOperations:10];
       
         _diskCache = [[PINDiskCache alloc] initWithName:_name rootPath:rootPath serializer:serializer deserializer:deserializer fileExtension:fileExtension operationQueue:_operationQueue];
         _memoryCache = [[PINMemoryCache alloc] initWithOperationQueue:_operationQueue];