diff --git a/API/TrangaSettings.cs b/API/TrangaSettings.cs
index b773fb2..679186d 100644
--- a/API/TrangaSettings.cs
+++ b/API/TrangaSettings.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public struct TrangaSettings()
     public Dictionary<RequestType, int> RequestLimits { get; set; } = DefaultRequestLimits;
 
     public string DownloadLanguage { get; set; } = "en";
+    
+    public int MaxConcurrentDownloads { get; set; } = 5;
 
     public static TrangaSettings Load()
     {
@@ -109,4 +111,10 @@ public struct TrangaSettings()
         this.DownloadLanguage = language;
         Save();
     }
+
+    public void SetMaxConcurrentDownloads(int value)
+    {
+        this.MaxConcurrentDownloads = value;
+        Save();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker.cs b/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker.cs
index e02c04b..272cb9f 100644
--- a/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker.cs
+++ b/API/Workers/PeriodicWorkers/StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@ public class StartNewChapterDownloadsWorker(TimeSpan? interval = null, IEnumerab
         
         Log.Debug($"Found {missingChapters.Count} missing downloads.");
         
+        // Maximum Concurrent workers
+        int downloadWorkers = Tranga.GetRunningWorkers().Count(w => w.GetType() == typeof(DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker));
+        int amountNewWorkers = Math.Min(Tranga.Settings.MaxConcurrentDownloads, Tranga.Settings.MaxConcurrentDownloads - downloadWorkers);
+        Log.Debug($"{downloadWorkers} running download Workers. {amountNewWorkers} new download Workers.");
+        IEnumerable<MangaConnectorId<Chapter>> newDownloadChapters = missingChapters.Take(amountNewWorkers);
+
+
         // Create new jobs
-        List<BaseWorker> newWorkers = missingChapters.Select(mcId => new DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker(mcId)).ToList<BaseWorker>();
+        List<BaseWorker> newWorkers = newDownloadChapters.Select(mcId => new DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker(mcId)).ToList<BaseWorker>();
         
         return newWorkers.ToArray();
     }