diff --git a/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit b/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
index d48becf50..96d17cc23 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
+++ b/defaults/yacy.network.freeworld.unit
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ network.unit.search.time = 4
 network.unit.dht = true
 network.unit.dhtredundancy.junior = 1
 network.unit.dhtredundancy.senior = 3
-network.unit.remotecrawl.speed = 10
+network.unit.remotecrawl.speed = 6
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist0 = http://www.yacy.net/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist1 = http://home.arcor.de/hermens/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist2 = http://low.audioattack.de/yacy/seed.txt