diff --git a/src/modules/beam/scatter/beam.scatter.ts b/src/modules/beam/scatter/beam.scatter.ts
index 6d84cc757..f4ed4bdfc 100644
--- a/src/modules/beam/scatter/beam.scatter.ts
+++ b/src/modules/beam/scatter/beam.scatter.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function createBRayEmpty(llmId: DLLMId | null): BRay {
   };
 }
 
-function rayScatterStart(ray: BRay, llmId: DLLMId | null, inputHistory: DMessage[], onlyIdle: boolean, scatterStore: ScatterStoreSlice): BRay {
+function rayScatterStart(ray: BRay, llmId: DLLMId | null, inputHistory: DMessage[], onlyIdle: boolean, playNice: boolean, scatterStore: ScatterStoreSlice): BRay {
   if (ray.genAbortController)
     return ray;
   if (onlyIdle && ray.status !== 'empty')
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function rayScatterStart(ray: BRay, llmId: DLLMId | null, inputHistory: DMessage
     scatterSystemInstruction,
     scatterInputHistory,
     'beam-scatter', ray.rayId,
-    { abortSignal: abortController.signal, throttleParallelThreads: getUXLabsHighPerformance() ? 0 : rays.length },
+    { abortSignal: abortController.signal, throttleParallelThreads: getUXLabsHighPerformance() ? 0 : !playNice ? 1 : rays.length },
     onMessageUpdated,
   )
     .then((status) => {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export const createScatterSlice: StateCreator<RootStoreSlice & ScatterStoreSlice
     const { inputHistory } = _get();
     _set(state => ({
       // Start all rays
-      rays: state.rays.map(ray => rayScatterStart(ray, ray.rayLlmId, inputHistory || [], false, _get())),
+      rays: state.rays.map(ray => rayScatterStart(ray, ray.rayLlmId, inputHistory || [], false, true, _get())),
     }));
     _get()._syncRaysStateToScatter();
   },
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export const createScatterSlice: StateCreator<RootStoreSlice & ScatterStoreSlice
     _rayUpdate(rayId, (ray) =>
       ray.status === 'scattering'
         ? /* User Terminated the ray */ rayScatterStop(ray)
-        : /* User Started the ray */ rayScatterStart(ray, ray.rayLlmId, inputHistory || [], false, _get()),
+        : /* User Started the ray */ rayScatterStart(ray, ray.rayLlmId, inputHistory || [], false, false, _get()),
     );
     _syncRaysStateToScatter();
   },