.gitignore |  2 ++
 config.go  | 17 ++++++++++-------
 torrent.go |  2 +-

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d92c6d5bfd4a881ef48dd9bfd83aaee1415bcb21..0c15585de6c8e7a2a3445e788436ba04dac4dc66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .idea
 *-run.gob
 .envrc*
+.DS_Store
+go.work*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 0c029a7e2c3e4ba0b2bf98008ebaaad1e9225fb0..e2d0ea1ebec230cce1c7fa50e67ff5fc88f8006d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ 	// ICE, such as STUN and TURN servers.
 	ICEServers []string
 
 	DialRateLimiter *rate.Limiter
+
+	PieceHashersPerTorrent int // default: 2
 }
 
 func (cfg *ClientConfig) SetListenAddr(addr string) *ClientConfig {
@@ -225,13 +227,14 @@ 		HeaderObfuscationPolicy: HeaderObfuscationPolicy{
 			Preferred:        true,
 			RequirePreferred: false,
 		},
-		CryptoSelector:        mse.DefaultCryptoSelector,
-		CryptoProvides:        mse.AllSupportedCrypto,
-		ListenPort:            42069,
-		Extensions:            defaultPeerExtensionBytes(),
-		AcceptPeerConnections: true,
-		MaxUnverifiedBytes:    64 << 20,
-		DialRateLimiter:       rate.NewLimiter(10, 10),
+		CryptoSelector:         mse.DefaultCryptoSelector,
+		CryptoProvides:         mse.AllSupportedCrypto,
+		ListenPort:             42069,
+		Extensions:             defaultPeerExtensionBytes(),
+		AcceptPeerConnections:  true,
+		MaxUnverifiedBytes:     64 << 20,
+		DialRateLimiter:        rate.NewLimiter(10, 10),
+		PieceHashersPerTorrent: 2,
 	}
 	cc.DhtStartingNodes = func(network string) dht.StartingNodesGetter {
 		return func() ([]dht.Addr, error) { return dht.GlobalBootstrapAddrs(network) }
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index 5f6ddf394e5684282bf4a520f7e9c5583aba6256..8b4745218864d81bb19ffda48140aa245f4cc044 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ 	})
 }
 
 func (t *Torrent) tryCreateMorePieceHashers() {
-	for !t.closed.IsSet() && t.activePieceHashes < 2 && t.tryCreatePieceHasher() {
+	for !t.closed.IsSet() && t.activePieceHashes < t.cl.config.PieceHashersPerTorrent && t.tryCreatePieceHasher() {
 	}
 }