diff --git a/config b/config
index 6c2ea4432..02f92373b 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #hosts = 127.0.0.1:5232
 
 # Max parallel connections
-#max_connections = 20
+#max_connections = 8
 
 # Max size of request body (bytes)
 #max_content_length = 100000000
diff --git a/radicale/config.py b/radicale/config.py
index 42966fe96..7907d04ce 100644
--- a/radicale/config.py
+++ b/radicale/config.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def logging_level(value):
             "aliases": ["-H", "--hosts"],
             "type": str}),
         ("max_connections", {
-            "value": "20",
+            "value": "8",
             "help": "maximum number of parallel connections",
             "type": positive_int}),
         ("max_content_length", {