diff --git a/build-number.txt b/build-number.txt
index d32d224a..bd50c407 100644
--- a/build-number.txt
+++ b/build-number.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1684
\ No newline at end of file
+1687
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Main.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Main.java
index 0db4043e..194759f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Main.java
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ public class Main {
     public static final List<Bot> bots = new ArrayList<>();
 
     public static final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(
-            Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(),
+            Math.max(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2),
             new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("ExecutorService #%d").build()
     );
     public static final ScheduledExecutorService executor = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
-            Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(),
+            Math.max(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2),
             new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("ScheduledExecutorService #%d").build()
     );
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/DatabasePlugin.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/DatabasePlugin.java
index 464f2a61..b488af3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/DatabasePlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/DatabasePlugin.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 public class DatabasePlugin {
     // is it OK to have a completely separate ExecutorService to do the executions?
     public static final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(
-            Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(),
-            new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("ExecutorService (database) #%d").build()
+            1,
+            new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("ExecutorService (database)").build()
     );
 
     public Connection connection;
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IPFilterPlugin.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IPFilterPlugin.java
index 0cb24311..20d2e617 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IPFilterPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IPFilterPlugin.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class IPFilterPlugin extends PlayersPlugin.Listener {
                 }
             });
 
-            Main.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(IPFilterPlugin::list, 3, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            Main.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(IPFilterPlugin::list, 5, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/PlayerFilterPlugin.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/PlayerFilterPlugin.java
index d277fe80..70e1ad1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/PlayerFilterPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/PlayerFilterPlugin.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PlayerFilterPlugin extends PlayersPlugin.Listener {
                 }
             });
 
-            Main.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(PlayerFilterPlugin::list, 3, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            Main.executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(PlayerFilterPlugin::list, 5, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/FileLoggerUtilities.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/FileLoggerUtilities.java
index 8b1fd42c..444ece3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/FileLoggerUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/FileLoggerUtilities.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.util;
 
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.Main;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
@@ -29,7 +33,11 @@ public class FileLoggerUtilities {
     public static String prevEntry = "";
     public static int duplicateCounter = 1;
 
-    public static final ScheduledExecutorService executor = Main.executor;
+    // we want a completely separate executor from the main one
+    public static final ScheduledExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+            new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("ScheduledExecutorService (logger)").build()
+    );
+
     public static int spamLevel = 0;
     public static long freezeTime = 0;