diff --git a/backup/backup.go b/backup/backup.go
index fd5c281d35e12fca469505a0471ef1ea3c6b12d2..77ac64802c956b2ab78300b26a7d3c9328632e19 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 = 4
-	params.Time = 100
+	params.Threads = 2
+	params.Time = 25
 	key := backup.DeriveKey(password, salt, params)
 
 	// Save key, salt, and parameters to storage