diff --git a/server/download.go b/server/download.go
index 1bca86bf688..02f7ae88110 100644
--- a/server/download.go
+++ b/server/download.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (p *blobDownloadPart) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 }
 
 const (
-	numDownloadParts          = 64
+	numDownloadParts          = 16
 	minDownloadPartSize int64 = 100 * format.MegaByte
 	maxDownloadPartSize int64 = 1000 * format.MegaByte
 )