diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 4e07a5f9..229e1009 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_AUTOFOLLOW: bool = false;
 pub const DEFAULT_VIEW_POSTS_REFERRED_TO: bool = true;
 pub const DEFAULT_VIEW_POSTS_REFERRING_TO: bool = false;
 pub const DEFAULT_VIEW_THREADED: bool = true;
-pub const DEFAULT_NUM_RELAYS_PER_PERSON: u8 = 2;
+pub const DEFAULT_NUM_RELAYS_PER_PERSON: u8 = 4;
 pub const DEFAULT_MAX_RELAYS: u8 = 15;
 pub const DEFAULT_MAX_FPS: u32 = 30;
 pub const DEFAULT_FEED_RECOMPUTE_INTERVAL_MS: u32 = 2000;