diff --git a/backup/backup.go b/backup/backup.go
index 77ac64802c956b2ab78300b26a7d3c9328632e19..a77585f5e26973699f746b0f3ac4b9ed5e2aa336 100644
--- a/backup/backup.go
+++ b/backup/backup.go
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ func InitializeBackup(password string, updateBackupCb UpdateBackupFn,
 
 	params := backup.DefaultParams()
 	params.Memory = 256 * 1024 // 256 MiB
-	params.Threads = 2
-	params.Time = 25
+	params.Threads = 1
+	params.Time = 15
 	key := backup.DeriveKey(password, salt, params)
 
 	// Save key, salt, and parameters to storage