diff --git a/src/thread_pool.cpp b/src/thread_pool.cpp
index 619fa00..14040fd 100644
--- a/src/thread_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/thread_pool.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace threading {
 ThreadPool::ThreadPool() {
-	size_t const thread_count{ std::max(std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 2, 1u) };
+	size_t const thread_count{ std::max(std::thread::hardware_concurrency() - 1, 1u) };
 	this->threads.reserve(thread_count);
 	for (size_t i{ 0 }; i < thread_count; ++i) {
 		this->threads.emplace_back(std::bind(&ThreadPool::ThreadFn, this));