diff --git a/templates/default/mon-thresh-config.yml.erb b/templates/default/mon-thresh-config.yml.erb
index 199134a..821429f 100755
--- a/templates/default/mon-thresh-config.yml.erb
+++ b/templates/default/mon-thresh-config.yml.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-metricSpoutThreads: 1
-metricSpoutTasks: 1
+metricSpoutThreads: 2
+metricSpoutTasks: 2
 
 # log location? node['mon_thresh']['log_dir']