diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/SimplifiedLocalRecorder.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/SimplifiedLocalRecorder.java
index 52e80cfc..a2b60574 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/SimplifiedLocalRecorder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/SimplifiedLocalRecorder.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import static ctbrec.SubsequentAction.*;
 import static ctbrec.event.Event.Type.MODEL_ONLINE;
 import static java.lang.Thread.MAX_PRIORITY;
 import static java.lang.Thread.MIN_PRIORITY;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
 @Slf4j
 public class SimplifiedLocalRecorder implements Recorder {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class SimplifiedLocalRecorder implements Recorder {
     // thread pools for downloads and post-processing
     private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
     private final ExecutorService playlistDownloadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
-    private final ExecutorService segmentDownloadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
+    private final ExecutorService segmentDownloadPool = new ThreadPoolExecutor(0, 1000, 30L, SECONDS, new SynchronousQueue<>(), createThreadFactory("SegmentDownload", MAX_PRIORITY - 2));
     private final ExecutorService postProcessing;
     private final ThreadPoolScaler threadPoolScaler;
     private long lastSpaceCheck;