diff --git a/src/asset_compiler/asset_compiler.c b/src/asset_compiler/asset_compiler.c
index 13381c6..9d2d54f 100644
--- a/src/asset_compiler/asset_compiler.c
+++ b/src/asset_compiler/asset_compiler.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 RT_CVAR_S(rt_AssetDirectory, "Name of the asset directory. Default: assets", "assets");
 RT_CVAR_I(rt_AssetDBSize, "Size of the asset database. Default: 1024", 1024);
-RT_CVAR_I(rt_AssetProcessingThreads, "Number of asset processing threads. Default: 4", 4);
+RT_CVAR_I(rt_AssetProcessingThreads, "Number of asset processing threads. Default: 4", 1);
 RT_CVAR_I(rt_AssetProcessorArenaSize,
           "Size of the per-thread asset processor arena. Default: 128 MiB",
           (int)RT_MB(128));
@@ -394,9 +394,8 @@ static void ProcessorThreadEntry(void *param) {
 }
 
 RT_DLLEXPORT void rtWaitForAssetProcessing(void) {
-    int turns = 5;
+    int turns = 10;
     while (turns > 0) {
-        rtSleep(100);
         int in_processing_count = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < rt_AssetDBSize.i; ++i) {
             rtLockRead(&_asset_db.lock);
@@ -404,8 +403,10 @@ RT_DLLEXPORT void rtWaitForAssetProcessing(void) {
                 ++in_processing_count;
             rtUnlockRead(&_asset_db.lock);
         }
-        if (!in_processing_count)
+        if (!in_processing_count) {
             --turns;
+            rtSleep(250);
+        }
     }
 }