diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00ba46fe..a1ae098a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
      - upgrade:
         - upgrading firstly the keyring packages declared in **SyncFirst** (**/etc/pacman.conf**) to avoid pacman downloading issues
         - only removing packages after downloading the required ones
+     - "Multi-threaded download (repositories)" is not the default behavior anymore (current pacman download approach is faster). If your settings has this property set as 'Yes', just change it to 'No'.
 
 ### Fixes
 - Arch
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/config.py b/bauh/gems/arch/config.py
index 2c511bc3..abdb0d27 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/config.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ def read_config(update_file: bool = False) -> dict:
                 "refresh_mirrors_startup": False,
                 "sync_databases_startup": True,
                 'mirrors_sort_limit': 5,
-                'repositories_mthread_download': True,
+                'repositories_mthread_download': False,
                 'automatch_providers': True}
     return read(CONFIG_FILE, template, update_file=update_file)