diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/closure/Each.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/closure/Each.java
index a027453cba..f41439fb84 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/closure/Each.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/functions/closure/Each.java
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 
 public final class Each extends BIF implements ClosureFunc {
 
-	public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_THREAD = 20;
+	public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_THREAD = Caster.toIntValue(SystemUtil.getSystemPropOrEnvVar("lucee.threads.maxDefault", null), 20);
+	
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1955185705863596525L;
 
 	public static String call(PageContext pc, Object obj, UDF udf) throws PageException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/resource/setting/sysprop-envvar.json b/core/src/main/java/resource/setting/sysprop-envvar.json
index 7a08b49373..c1369ccb4a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/resource/setting/sysprop-envvar.json
+++ b/core/src/main/java/resource/setting/sysprop-envvar.json
@@ -391,5 +391,10 @@
         "sysprop": "lucee.cache.variableKeys",
         "envvar": "LUCEE_CACHE_VARIABLEKEYS",
         "desc": "Sets the max number of variable names (keys) to cache"
+    },
+    {
+        "sysprop": "lucee.threads.maxDefault",
+        "envvar": "LUCEE_THREADS_MAXDEFAULT",
+        "desc": "Sets the default max number of parallel threads, default 20"
     }
 ]
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