diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
index ee1795fd55944364d3dc0284c3aae38849d2a31e..065e81138ea1159ef40b8eddf2a65c26a820ede5 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/live/run.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringP("schema", "s", "", "Location of schema file")
 	flag.StringP("dgraph", "d", "127.0.0.1:9080", "Dgraph gRPC server address")
 	flag.StringP("zero", "z", "127.0.0.1:5080", "Dgraphzero gRPC server address")
-	flag.IntP("conc", "c", 100,
+	flag.IntP("conc", "c", 1,
 		"Number of concurrent requests to make to Dgraph")
 	flag.IntP("batch", "b", 1000,
 		"Number of RDF N-Quads to send as part of a mutation.")