diff --git a/olmocr/train/config.py b/olmocr/train/config.py
index 5c4760f..0241378 100644
--- a/olmocr/train/config.py
+++ b/olmocr/train/config.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class TrainingConfig:
 
     # Performance
     dataloader_drop_last: bool = True
-    dataloader_num_workers: int = 4
+    dataloader_num_workers: int = 16
     
     # Data collator settings
     collator_max_token_len: Optional[int] = None