diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
index 39487c20bff6936479f3a832e76e89261b2a6147..daf0fd828caa2e201cd09025476eaaca140a4db4 100644
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
@@ -618,12 +618,12 @@ class IngestJobManager:
 
             #limit the number of running jobs per source host if not localhost
             if next_to_do_jad and getSourceHost(next_to_do_jad) != 'localhost':
-                if running_hosts.get(getSourceHost(next_to_do_jad), 0) > 4:
+                if running_hosts.get(getSourceHost(next_to_do_jad), 0) > 1:
                     next_to_do_jad = None
 
             #limit the number of running jobs per source host if not localhost
             if next_retry_jad and getSourceHost(next_retry_jad) != 'localhost':
-                if running_hosts.get(getSourceHost(next_retry_jad), 0) > 4:
+                if running_hosts.get(getSourceHost(next_retry_jad), 0) > 1:
                     next_retry_jad = None
 
             if next_to_do_jad and next_retry_jad: