diff --git a/etc/global.conf b/etc/global.conf
index f3a5e21f5..78dd57210 100644
--- a/etc/global.conf
+++ b/etc/global.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ############       Global Options      ############
 
-affinity = 0x02;					# Mask of cores the server should run on
+affinity = 0x01;					# Mask of cores the server should run on
 							# This also maps the NIC interrupts to those cores!
 
 priority = 50;						# Priority for the server tasks.