diff --git a/visualc/spinitd b/visualc/spinitd
index 18e34ecef..2425ae4ec 100644
--- a/visualc/spinitd
+++ b/visualc/spinitd
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ set filetype=ascii
 *set askquit
 ** set the number of threads in openmp
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
-set num_threads=4
-set interactive
+set num_threads=8
+*set interactive
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0
diff --git a/visualc/spinitr b/visualc/spinitr
index 302dd2d77..838a0276a 100644
--- a/visualc/spinitr
+++ b/visualc/spinitr
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ set filetype=ascii
 *set askquit
 ** set the number of threads in openmp
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
-set num_threads=4
-set interactive
+set num_threads=8
+*set interactive
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0
diff --git a/visualc/spinitr64 b/visualc/spinitr64
index 9eec6811e..f3194b146 100644
--- a/visualc/spinitr64
+++ b/visualc/spinitr64
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ set filetype=ascii
 *set askquit
 ** set the number of threads in openmp
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
-set num_threads=4
-set interactive
+set num_threads=8
+*set interactive
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0