diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
index 8fcbf4d9..9a323433 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ $ rad config
         "outbound": 16
       }
     },
+    "workers": 8,
     "policy": "block",
     "scope": "all"
   }
diff --git a/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs b/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
index bd6be433..f3d2a158 100644
--- a/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/radicle-node/src/runtime.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl Runtime {
 
         let emitter: Emitter<Event> = Default::default();
         let mut service = service::Service::new(
-            config,
+            config.clone(),
             clock,
             db,
             storage.clone(),
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ impl Runtime {
             notifications,
             cobs_cache,
             worker::Config {
-                capacity: 8,
+                capacity: config.workers,
                 storage: storage.clone(),
                 fetch,
                 policy,
diff --git a/radicle/src/node/config.rs b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
index 6c235340..02ddd835 100644
--- a/radicle/src/node/config.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use crate::node::{Address, Alias, NodeId};
 
 /// Target number of peers to maintain connections to.
 pub const TARGET_OUTBOUND_PEERS: usize = 8;
+/// Default number of workers to spawn.
+pub const DEFAULT_WORKERS: usize = 8;
 
 /// Configured public seeds.
 pub mod seeds {
@@ -246,6 +248,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Configured service limits.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub limits: Limits,
+    /// Number of worker threads to spawn.
+    #[serde(default = "defaults::workers")]
+    pub workers: usize,
     /// Default seeding policy.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub policy: Policy,
@@ -272,13 +277,12 @@ impl Config {
             network: Network::default(),
             relay: true,
             limits: Limits::default(),
+            workers: DEFAULT_WORKERS,
             policy: Policy::default(),
             scope: Scope::default(),
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl Config {
     pub fn peer(&self, id: &NodeId) -> Option<&Address> {
         self.connect
             .iter()
@@ -294,3 +298,11 @@ impl Config {
         node::Features::SEED
     }
 }
+
+/// Defaults as functions, for serde.
+mod defaults {
+    /// Worker count.
+    pub fn workers() -> usize {
+        super::DEFAULT_WORKERS
+    }
+}