diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib.properties b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib.properties
index 97a20fd894..6c28a91853 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib.properties
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.grib.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # the number of grib decode threads.
-grib-decode.count.threads=4
+grib-decode.count.threads=8
 # the number of grib split threads.
-grib-split.count.threads=2
+grib-split.count.threads=4
 # Maximum number of grid points to decode at one time for all threads. Large
 # grib files may cause the decoder to reach this limit and then some threads
 # will have to wait. This can be used to control the amount of memory used by
 # the decoder.
-grib-decode.count.gridpoints=6000000
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+grib-decode.count.gridpoints=6000000