diff --git a/cmix/params.go b/cmix/params.go
index 3ef813f0d9ca6e7903696f83cb6fea72e62a7962..f15b62feb01f240c90efe88e78281e72eff4dd38 100644
--- a/cmix/params.go
+++ b/cmix/params.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func GetDefaultParams() Params {
 		MaxCheckedRounds:          500,
 		RegNodesBufferLen:         1000,
 		NetworkHealthTimeout:      15 * time.Second,
-		ParallelNodeRegistrations: 20,
+		ParallelNodeRegistrations: 2,
 		KnownRoundsThreshold:      1500, // 5 rounds/sec * 60 sec/min * 5 min
 		FastPolling:               true,
 		VerboseRoundTracking:      false,