diff --git a/backup/backup.go b/backup/backup.go
index a77585f5e26973699f746b0f3ac4b9ed5e2aa336..bb4ebe063695c7b00fd5080adae7d1a322839c9a 100644
--- a/backup/backup.go
+++ b/backup/backup.go
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ func InitializeBackup(password string, updateBackupCb UpdateBackupFn,
 	rand.Close()
 
 	params := backup.DefaultParams()
-	params.Memory = 256 * 1024 // 256 MiB
+	params.Memory = 64 * 1024 // 64 MiB
 	params.Threads = 1
-	params.Time = 15
+	params.Time = 5
 	key := backup.DeriveKey(password, salt, params)
 
 	// Save key, salt, and parameters to storage