diff --git a/ibpmonitor/checkssl.go b/ibpmonitor/checkssl.go
index 035417c..10318c1 100644
--- a/ibpmonitor/checkssl.go
+++ b/ibpmonitor/checkssl.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const MaxConcurrentChecks = 10
-
 type SslResult struct {
 	CheckName   string  `json:"checkname"`
 	MemberName  string  `json:"membername"`
@@ -31,6 +29,8 @@ type SslData struct {
 
 func SslCheck(member Member, options config.CheckConfig, resultsCollectorChannel chan string) {
 
+	var MaxConcurrentChecks = 20
+
 	checkName := "ssl"
 	connectTimeout := getIntOption(options.ExtraOptions, "ConnectTimeout", 4)
 	uniqueHostnames := make(map[string]bool)
diff --git a/ibpmonitor/checkwss.go b/ibpmonitor/checkwss.go
index 18d0978..30d34ec 100644
--- a/ibpmonitor/checkwss.go
+++ b/ibpmonitor/checkwss.go
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ type JSONRPCRequest struct {
 }
 
 func WssCheck(member Member, options config.CheckConfig, resultsCollectorChannel chan string) {
+
+	var MaxConcurrentChecks = 20
 	connectTimeout := getIntOption(options.ExtraOptions, "ConnectTimeout", 4)
 
-	const maxConcurrentChecks = 10
-	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(int64(maxConcurrentChecks))
+	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(int64(MaxConcurrentChecks))
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup