diff --git a/config/linkcheckerrc b/config/linkcheckerrc
index a7c1506e..fc1ce51f 100644
--- a/config/linkcheckerrc
+++ b/config/linkcheckerrc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 ##################### checking options ##########################
 [checking]
 # number of threads
-#threads=5
+#threads=100
 # connection timeout in seconds
 #timeout=60
 # check anchors?
diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 6dfa106c..e7ef8a8f 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Changes:
 - checking: Ignore feed: URLs.
 - checking: --ignore-url now really ignores the URLs instead
   of checking only the syntax.
+- checking: Increase the default number of checker threads from 10 to
+  100.
 
 Fixes:
 - gui: Fix saving of the debugmemory option.
diff --git a/doc/de.po b/doc/de.po
index a0d43185..ad302388 100644
--- a/doc/de.po
+++ b/doc/de.po
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: linkchecker 3.4\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-08-14 23:14+0300\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2012-08-14 23:15+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-08-23 16:10+0300\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2012-08-23 16:10+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@users.sourceforge.net>\n"
 "Language-Team: de <de@li.org>\n"
 "Language: \n"
@@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ msgstr "B<-t>I<NUMMER>, B<--threads=>I<NUMMER>"
 #: en/linkchecker.1:77 en/linkcheckerrc.5:97
 msgid ""
 "Generate no more than the given number of threads. Default number of threads "
-"is 10. To disable threading specify a non-positive number."
+"is 100. To disable threading specify a non-positive number."
 msgstr ""
 "Generiere nicht mehr als die angegebene Anzahl von Threads. Standard Anzahl "
-"von Threads ist 10. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht "
+"von Threads ist 100. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht "
 "positive Nummer an."
 
 # type: TP
diff --git a/doc/de/linkchecker.1 b/doc/de/linkchecker.1
index 3620ac3e..7abadb8f 100644
--- a/doc/de/linkchecker.1
+++ b/doc/de/linkchecker.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Leerzeichen.
 .TP 
 \fB\-t\fP\fINUMMER\fP, \fB\-\-threads=\fP\fINUMMER\fP
 Generiere nicht mehr als die angegebene Anzahl von Threads. Standard Anzahl
-von Threads ist 10. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht
+von Threads ist 100. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht
 positive Nummer an.
 .TP 
 \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
diff --git a/doc/de/linkcheckerrc.5 b/doc/de/linkcheckerrc.5
index 2e60c8ab..9ecba2bd 100644
--- a/doc/de/linkcheckerrc.5
+++ b/doc/de/linkcheckerrc.5
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Kommandozeilenoption: \fB\-\-scan\-virus\fP
 .TP 
 \fBthreads=\fP\fINUMBER\fP
 Generiere nicht mehr als die angegebene Anzahl von Threads. Standard Anzahl
-von Threads ist 10. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht
+von Threads ist 100. Um Threads zu deaktivieren, geben Sie eine nicht
 positive Nummer an.
 .br
 Kommandozeilenoption: \fB\-\-threads\fP
diff --git a/doc/en/linkchecker.1 b/doc/en/linkchecker.1
index 4d111c89..5a01ab4a 100644
--- a/doc/en/linkchecker.1
+++ b/doc/en/linkchecker.1
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Read list of white-space separated URLs to check from stdin.
 .TP
 \fB\-t\fP\fINUMBER\fP, \fB\-\-threads=\fP\fINUMBER\fP
 Generate no more than the given number of threads. Default number
-of threads is 10. To disable threading specify a non-positive number.
+of threads is 100. To disable threading specify a non-positive number.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
 Print version and exit.
diff --git a/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5 b/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
index 043a7cac..b70b7c33 100644
--- a/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
+++ b/doc/en/linkcheckerrc.5
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Command line option: \fB\-\-scan\-virus\fP
 .TP
 \fBthreads=\fP\fINUMBER\fP
 Generate no more than the given number of threads. Default number
-of threads is 10. To disable threading specify a non-positive number.
+of threads is 100. To disable threading specify a non-positive number.
 .br
 Command line option: \fB\-\-threads\fP
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/linkchecker.doc.pot b/doc/linkchecker.doc.pot
index 84db2cd0..a241f0ea 100644
--- a/doc/linkchecker.doc.pot
+++ b/doc/linkchecker.doc.pot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-08-14 23:14+0300\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-08-23 16:10+0300\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: en/linkchecker.1:77 en/linkcheckerrc.5:97
 msgid ""
 "Generate no more than the given number of threads. Default number of threads "
-"is 10. To disable threading specify a non-positive number."
+"is 100. To disable threading specify a non-positive number."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
diff --git a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
index fd7ec6b6..0d060ff6 100644
--- a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         self["warningregex_max"] = 5
         self["warnsizebytes"] = None
         self["nntpserver"] = os.environ.get("NNTP_SERVER", None)
-        self["threads"] = 10
+        self["threads"] = 100
         # socket timeout in seconds
         self["timeout"] = 60
         self["checkhtml"] = False