diff --git a/symmetric/symmetric-assemble/src/docbook/advanced-topics.xml b/symmetric/symmetric-assemble/src/docbook/advanced-topics.xml
index fa761a303e..3e6796a204 100644
--- a/symmetric/symmetric-assemble/src/docbook/advanced-topics.xml
+++ b/symmetric/symmetric-assemble/src/docbook/advanced-topics.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         </para>
         <para>
         Both the push and pull jobs can be configured to push and pull from multiple nodes in parallel.  In order to take advantage of this the
-        <literal>pull.thread.per.server.count</literal> or <literal>push.thread.per.server.count</literal> should be adjusted (from their default value of 1) to the number
+        <literal>pull.thread.per.server.count</literal> or <literal>push.thread.per.server.count</literal> should be adjusted (from their default value of 10) to the number
         to the number of concurrent push/pulls you want to occur per period on each SymmetricDS instance.  Push and pull activity is recorded in the
         <xref linkend="table_node_communication" xrefstyle="table"/> table.  This table is also used to lock push and pull activity across
         multiple servers in a cluster.  
diff --git a/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties b/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
index 8691a5c101..8d541de25a 100644
--- a/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
+++ b/symmetric/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ start.stage.management.job=true
 #
 # DatabaseOverridable: true 
 # Tags: jobs
-pull.thread.per.server.count=1
+pull.thread.per.server.count=10
 
 # The amount of time a single pull worker node_communication lock will timeout after.
 #
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ pull.lock.timeout.ms=7200000
 #
 # DatabaseOverridable: true 
 # Tags: jobs
-push.thread.per.server.count=1
+push.thread.per.server.count=10
 
 # The amount of time a single push worker node_communication lock will timeout after.
 #