diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index 4de2daf65311c10ba9ca0c0837ffb4f55a5b1987..1f3fa15143ce30d52b07151179c72dc228a3231a 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function httprl_set_default_options(&$options) {
     'blocking' => TRUE,
     'version' => '1.0',
     'referrer' => FALSE,
-    'domain_connections' => 8,
+    'domain_connections' => 2,
     'global_connections' => 128,
     'global_timeout' => HTTPRL_GLOBAL_TIMEOUT,
     'chunk_size_read' => 32768,