diff --git a/backup/backup.go b/backup/backup.go
index 34c12d1a44b949b40015ab1383e424ced9b03613..9f3b07125d2762e03ca7b202beb0aaefdb6ce719 100644
--- a/backup/backup.go
+++ b/backup/backup.go
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ 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