diff --git a/android/src/main/jni/whisper/jni.cpp b/android/src/main/jni/whisper/jni.cpp
index 67c672d..0e60346 100644
--- a/android/src/main/jni/whisper/jni.cpp
+++ b/android/src/main/jni/whisper/jni.cpp
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ static inline int min(int a, int b) {
     return (a < b) ? a : b;
 }
 
-static inline int max(int a, int b) {
-    return (a > b) ? a : b;
-}
-
 extern "C" {
 
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ Java_com_rnwhisper_WhisperContext_fullTranscribe(
     jfloat *audio_data_arr = env->GetFloatArrayElements(audio_data, nullptr);
     const jsize audio_data_length = env->GetArrayLength(audio_data);
 
-    int max_threads = max(1, min(8, get_nprocs() - 2));
+    int max_threads = min(4, get_nprocs());
 
     LOGI("About to create params");
 
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 12cb1a3..2389424 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ReactCommon: b49a4b00ca6d181ff74b17c12b2d59ac4add0bde
   RNFS: 4ac0f0ea233904cb798630b3c077808c06931688
   SocketRocket: fccef3f9c5cedea1353a9ef6ada904fde10d6608
-  whisper-rn: 76657e7d6abe0d1a1a6a0ab6726eb10918bd29f0
+  whisper-rn: e29e387a3a39d9573246e444d55a1c39fe657135
   Yoga: 79dd7410de6f8ad73a77c868d3d368843f0c93e0
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
diff --git a/ios/RNWhisper.mm b/ios/RNWhisper.mm
index 44b3310..58dc9cc 100644
--- a/ios/RNWhisper.mm
+++ b/ios/RNWhisper.mm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ @implementation RNWhisper
 
     const int max_threads = options[@"maxThreads"] != nil ?
       [options[@"maxThreads"] intValue] :
-      MIN(8, (int)[[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processorCount]) - 2;
+      MIN(4, (int)[[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processorCount]);
 
     if (options[@"beamSize"] != nil) {
         params.strategy = WHISPER_SAMPLING_BEAM_SEARCH;