diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index a371c0d18..b706b6d92 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
       </hdr>
 
       <composite-viewer-enabled type="bool">true</composite-viewer-enabled>
+      <database-pager>
+        <threads type="int" userarchive="y">4</threads>
+      </database-pager>
     </rendering>
     <vr>
       <depth-info type="bool" userarchive="y">true</depth-info>