diff --git a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
index a7c0015e0..fab62ed11 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp
@@ -218,9 +218,11 @@ Application::Application(const QString& id, int& argc, char** argv, const QStrin
   auto ideal_th_count = QThread::idealThreadCount();
 
   if (ideal_th_count > 1) {
-    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->setMaxThreadCount((std::min)(128, 2 * ideal_th_count));
+    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->setMaxThreadCount((std::min)(128, 4));
   }
 
+  QThreadPool::globalInstance()->setExpiryTimeout(120s);
+
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "OpenSSL version:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QSslSocket::sslLibraryVersionString());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "OpenSSL supported:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(QSslSocket::supportsSsl());
   qDebugNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "Global thread pool has"