diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8f8954a91..17409792e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void ProxySQL_Main_init_Query_module() {
 void ProxySQL_Main_init_MySQL_Threads_Handler_module() {
 	unsigned int i;
 	GloMTH->init();
-	load_ = GloMTH->num_threads + 1;
+	load_ = GloMTH->num_threads * 2 + 1;
 	for (i=0; i<GloMTH->num_threads; i++) {
 		GloMTH->create_thread(i,mysql_worker_thread_func, false);
 		GloMTH->create_thread(i,mysql_worker_thread_func_idles, true);