diff --git a/create-arch-bootstrap.sh b/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
index 6feade7..e5c6d5b 100755
--- a/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/create-arch-bootstrap.sh
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ echo >> "${bootstrap}"/etc/pacman.conf
 echo "[chaotic-aur]" >> "${bootstrap}"/etc/pacman.conf
 echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist" >> "${bootstrap}"/etc/pacman.conf
 
-# Enable ParallelDownloads feature of pacman
-sed -i 's/#ParallelDownloads = 5/ParallelDownloads = 5/g' "${bootstrap}"/etc/pacman.conf
+# The ParallelDownloads feature of pacman
+# Speeds up packages installation, especially when there are many small packages to install
+sed -i 's/#ParallelDownloads = 5/ParallelDownloads = 3/g' "${bootstrap}"/etc/pacman.conf
 
 run_in_chroot pacman -Syu --noconfirm