diff --git a/mobile/lib/domain/services/background_worker.service.dart b/mobile/lib/domain/services/background_worker.service.dart
index 12c87e0e15..61b88e3ba2 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/domain/services/background_worker.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/domain/services/background_worker.service.dart
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/http_ssl_options.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/wm_executor.dart';
 import 'package:isar/isar.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
-import 'package:worker_manager/worker_manager.dart';
 
 class BackgroundWorkerFgService {
   final BackgroundWorkerFgHostApi _foregroundHostApi;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class BackgroundWorkerBgService extends BackgroundWorkerFlutterApi {
       await Future.wait(
         [
           loadTranslations(),
-          workerManagerForIos.init(dynamicSpawning: true),
+          workerManagerPatch.init(dynamicSpawning: true),
           _ref?.read(authServiceProvider).setOpenApiServiceEndpoint(),
           // Initialize the file downloader
           FileDownloader().configure(
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ class BackgroundWorkerBgService extends BackgroundWorkerFlutterApi {
       _cancellationToken.cancel();
       _logger.info("Cleaning up background worker");
       final cleanupFutures = [
-        workerManagerForIos.dispose().catchError((_) async {
+        workerManagerPatch.dispose().catchError((_) async {
           // Discard any errors on the dispose call
           return;
         }),
diff --git a/mobile/lib/main.dart b/mobile/lib/main.dart
index bc71d93137..d3372ac5a0 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/main.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:auto_route/auto_route.dart';
 import 'package:background_downloader/background_downloader.dart';
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/debug_print.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/http_ssl_options.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/licenses.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/migration.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/wm_executor.dart';
 import 'package:intl/date_symbol_data_local.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:timezone/data/latest.dart';
-import 'package:immich_mobile/wm_executor.dart';
 
 void main() async {
   ImmichWidgetsBinding();
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ void main() async {
   await Bootstrap.initDomain(isar, drift, logDb);
   await initApp();
   // Warm-up isolate pool for worker manager
-  await workerManagerForIos.init(dynamicSpawning: true, isolatesCount: 6);
+  await workerManagerPatch.init(dynamicSpawning: true, isolatesCount: max(Platform.numberOfProcessors - 1, 5));
   await migrateDatabaseIfNeeded(isar, drift);
   HttpSSLOptions.apply();
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/isolate.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/isolate.dart
index 1d7a47665d..491e1bf107 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/isolate.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/isolate.dart
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Cancelable<T?> runInIsolateGentle<T>({
     throw const InvalidIsolateUsageException();
   }
 
-  return workerManagerForIos.executeGentle((cancelledChecker) async {
+  return workerManagerPatch.executeGentle((cancelledChecker) async {
     T? result;
     await runZonedGuarded(
       () async {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/wm_executor.dart b/mobile/lib/wm_executor.dart
index 1887deef90..73e882e8e6 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/wm_executor.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/wm_executor.dart
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 // part of 'package:worker_manager/worker_manager.dart';
+// ignore_for_file: implementation_imports, avoid_print
+
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
-import 'package:worker_manager/worker_manager.dart';
+import 'package:worker_manager/src/number_of_processors/processors_io.dart';
 import 'package:worker_manager/src/worker/worker.dart';
+import 'package:worker_manager/worker_manager.dart';
 
-final workerManagerForIos = _Executor();
+final workerManagerPatch = _Executor();
 
 // [-2^54; 2^53] is compatible with dart2js, see core.int doc
 const _minId = -9007199254740992;
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ class _Executor extends Mixinable<_Executor> with _ExecutorLogger {
   final _pool = <Worker>[];
   var _nextTaskId = _minId;
   var _dynamicSpawning = false;
-  var _isolatesCount = 5;
+  var _isolatesCount = numberOfProcessors;
 
   @override
   Future<void> init({int? isolatesCount, bool? dynamicSpawning}) async {