diff --git a/src/models/StratumV1Client.ts b/src/models/StratumV1Client.ts
index 935190f..36075d5 100644
--- a/src/models/StratumV1Client.ts
+++ b/src/models/StratumV1Client.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class StratumV1Client extends EasyUnsubscribe {
     private statistics: StratumV1ClientStatistics;
     private stratumInitialized = false;
     private usedSuggestedDifficulty = false;
-    private sessionDifficulty: number = 524288;
+    private sessionDifficulty: number = 32768;
     private entity: ClientEntity;
 
     public extraNonce: string;