diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/settings/SettingsTab.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/settings/SettingsTab.java
index de57fed6..f12e525a 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/settings/SettingsTab.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/settings/SettingsTab.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public class SettingsTab extends Tab implements TabSelectionListener {
     private SimpleFileProperty mediaPlayer;
     private SimpleStringProperty mediaPlayerParams;
     private SimpleIntegerProperty maximumResolutionPlayer;
-    private SimpleIntegerProperty recorderThreadPoolSize;
     private SimpleBooleanProperty showPlayerStarting;
     private SimpleBooleanProperty singlePlayer;
     private SimpleListProperty<ProxyType> proxyType;
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@ public class SettingsTab extends Tab implements TabSelectionListener {
         onlineCheckSkipsPausedModels = new SimpleBooleanProperty(null, "onlineCheckSkipsPausedModels", settings.onlineCheckSkipsPausedModels);
         fastScrollSpeed = new SimpleBooleanProperty(null, "fastScrollSpeed", settings.fastScrollSpeed);
         confirmationDialogs = new SimpleBooleanProperty(null, "confirmationForDangerousActions", settings.confirmationForDangerousActions);
-        recorderThreadPoolSize = new SimpleIntegerProperty(null, "downloadThreadPoolSize", settings.downloadThreadPoolSize);
     }
 
     private void createGui() {
@@ -267,9 +265,7 @@ public class SettingsTab extends Tab implements TabSelectionListener {
                         ),
                 Category.of("Advanced / Devtools",
                         Group.of("Logging",
-                                Setting.of("Log FFmpeg output", logFFmpegOutput, "Log FFmpeg output to files in the system's temp directory"),
-                                Setting.of("Recorder thread pool size", recorderThreadPoolSize,
-                                        "Number of threads used for the downloads. More = less missed segments for large amounts of concurrent recordings, but more resource hungry").needsRestart()
+                                Setting.of("Log FFmpeg output", logFFmpegOutput, "Log FFmpeg output to files in the system's temp directory")
                                 )
                         )
                 );
@@ -301,7 +297,6 @@ public class SettingsTab extends Tab implements TabSelectionListener {
         setContent(stackPane);
         prefs.expandTree();
 
-
         prefs.getSetting("httpServer").ifPresent(s -> bindEnabledProperty(s, recordLocal));
         prefs.getSetting("httpPort").ifPresent(s -> bindEnabledProperty(s, recordLocal));
         prefs.getSetting("servletContext").ifPresent(s -> bindEnabledProperty(s, recordLocal));
@@ -324,8 +319,6 @@ public class SettingsTab extends Tab implements TabSelectionListener {
         prefs.getSetting("downloadFilename").ifPresent(s -> bindEnabledProperty(s, recordLocal));
         postProcessingStepPanel.disableProperty().bind(recordLocal.not());
         variablesHelpButton.disableProperty().bind(recordLocal);
-
-
     }
 
     private void splitValuesChanged(ObservableValue<?> value, Object oldV, Object newV) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/Settings.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/Settings.java
index 3564f849..d120ba3c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/Settings.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/Settings.java
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ public class Settings {
     public boolean determineResolution = false;
     public List<String> disabledSites = new ArrayList<>();
     public String downloadFilename = "${modelSanitizedName}-${localDateTime}";
-    public int downloadThreadPoolSize = 20;
     public List<EventHandlerConfiguration> eventHandlers = new ArrayList<>();
     public boolean fastPlaylistGenerator = false;
     public boolean fastScrollSpeed = true;
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/NextGenLocalRecorder.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/NextGenLocalRecorder.java
index 9ef525ca..134d1466 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/NextGenLocalRecorder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/NextGenLocalRecorder.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public class NextGenLocalRecorder implements Recorder {
 
     public NextGenLocalRecorder(Config config, List<Site> sites) throws IOException {
         this.config = config;
-        downloadPool = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(config.getSettings().downloadThreadPoolSize, createThreadFactory("Download", MAX_PRIORITY));
-        threadPoolScaler = new ThreadPoolScaler((ThreadPoolExecutor) downloadPool, config.getSettings().downloadThreadPoolSize);
+        downloadPool = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(5, createThreadFactory("Download", MAX_PRIORITY));
+        threadPoolScaler = new ThreadPoolScaler((ThreadPoolExecutor) downloadPool, 5);
         recordingManager = new RecordingManager(config, sites);
         config.getSettings().models.stream().forEach(m -> {
             if (m.getSite() != null) {