diff --git a/runtime/src/handler/handler_manager.hpp b/runtime/src/handler/handler_manager.hpp
index b838acee..bd0e53b2 100644
--- a/runtime/src/handler/handler_manager.hpp
+++ b/runtime/src/handler/handler_manager.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ using boost_shm_string =
 	boost::interprocess::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
 					  char_allocator>;
 
-const size_t DEFAULT_MAX_FD = 1024 * 8;
+const size_t DEFAULT_MAX_FD = 1024 * 6;
 
 struct unused_handler {};