diff --git a/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal b/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
index d885e63e..b4352ab9 100644
--- a/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
+++ b/hbs2-peer/hbs2-peer.cabal
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ common shared-properties
         -threaded
         -rtsopts
         -- "-with-rtsopts=-N -A64m -AL256m -I0 -T"
-        "-with-rtsopts=-N -A4m -AL16m -I0 -T"
+        "-with-rtsopts=-N -A4m -AL16m -Iw60 -T"
 
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