diff --git a/examples/example.go b/examples/example.go
index ff3fe5f..ae2bb4e 100644
--- a/examples/example.go
+++ b/examples/example.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	options := runner.Options{
 		Methods:         "GET",
-		Threads:         2,
 		InputTargetHost: goflags.StringSlice{"scanme.sh", "projectdiscovery.io", "localhost"},
 		//InputFile: "./targetDomains.txt", // path to file containing the target domains list
 		OnResult: func(r runner.Result) {
diff --git a/runner/options.go b/runner/options.go
index c7b8dcf..fb5550c 100644
--- a/runner/options.go
+++ b/runner/options.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	two                    = 2
+	defaultThreads         = 50
 	DefaultResumeFile      = "resume.cfg"
 	DefaultOutputDirectory = "output"
 )
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ func ParseOptions() *Options {
 	)
 
 	flagSet.CreateGroup("rate-limit", "Rate-Limit",
-		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.Threads, "threads", "t", 50, "number of threads to use"),
+		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.Threads, "threads", "t", defaultThreads, "number of threads to use"),
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.RateLimit, "rate-limit", "rl", 150, "maximum requests to send per second"),
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.RateLimitMinute, "rate-limit-minute", "rlm", 0, "maximum number of requests to send per minute"),
 	)
@@ -680,6 +681,11 @@ func (options *Options) ValidateOptions() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid protocol: %s", options.Protocol)
 	}
 
+	if options.Threads == 0 {
+		gologger.Info().Msgf("Threads automatically set to %d", defaultThreads)
+		options.Threads = defaultThreads
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }