diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 3545412..10addd2 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   indexedFileTypes: [] as string[],
   PDFIndexing: false,
   backgroundProcesses: Platform.isMobileApp
-    ? 0
+    ? 1
     : Math.max(1, Math.floor(require('os').cpus().length / 2)),
 
   showIndexingNotices: false,