diff --git a/prosody/rootfs/defaults/prosody.cfg.lua b/prosody/rootfs/defaults/prosody.cfg.lua
index 04d752d9ab..21f5fb7864 100644
--- a/prosody/rootfs/defaults/prosody.cfg.lua
+++ b/prosody/rootfs/defaults/prosody.cfg.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {{ $ENABLE_VISITORS := .Env.ENABLE_VISITORS | default "0" | toBool -}}
 {{ $ENABLE_S2S := or $ENABLE_VISITORS ( .Env.PROSODY_ENABLE_S2S | default "0" | toBool ) }}
 {{ $GC_TYPE := .Env.GC_TYPE | default "incremental" -}}
-{{ $GC_INC_TH := .Env.GC_INC_TH | default 400 -}}
+{{ $GC_INC_TH := .Env.GC_INC_TH | default 200 -}}
 {{ $GC_INC_SPEED := .Env.GC_INC_SPEED | default 250 -}}
 {{ $GC_INC_STEP_SIZE := .Env.GC_INC_STEP_SIZE | default 13 -}}
 {{ $GC_GEN_MIN_TH := .Env.GC_GEN_MIN_TH | default 20 -}}