diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index e40f1a5da2..c0ce0f265b 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DEFAULT_SQS_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS = int(
     os.getenv("DEFAULT_SQS_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS", 10)
 )
 DEFAULT_NUM_WORKERS_LITELLM_PROXY = int(
-    os.getenv("DEFAULT_NUM_WORKERS_LITELLM_PROXY", 4)
+    os.getenv("DEFAULT_NUM_WORKERS_LITELLM_PROXY", 1)
 )
 DEFAULT_SQS_BATCH_SIZE = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_SQS_BATCH_SIZE", 512))
 SQS_SEND_MESSAGE_ACTION = "SendMessage"