diff --git a/src/libfasttransforms.jl b/src/libfasttransforms.jl
index 3ce492d..66a1278 100644
--- a/src/libfasttransforms.jl
+++ b/src/libfasttransforms.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ft_set_num_threads(n::Integer) = ccall((:ft_set_num_threads, libfasttransforms),
 ft_fftw_plan_with_nthreads(n::Integer) = ccall((:ft_fftw_plan_with_nthreads, libfasttransforms), Cvoid, (Cint, ), n)
 
 function __init__()
-    n = ceil(Int, Sys.CPU_THREADS/2)
+    n = Threads.nthreads()
     ft_set_num_threads(n)
     ccall((:ft_fftw_init_threads, libfasttransforms), Cint, ())
     ft_fftw_plan_with_nthreads(n)
diff --git a/test/libfasttransformstests.jl b/test/libfasttransformstests.jl
index 545da7d..f7bda1d 100644
--- a/test/libfasttransformstests.jl
+++ b/test/libfasttransformstests.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using FastTransforms, Test
 
-FastTransforms.ft_set_num_threads(ceil(Int, Base.Sys.CPU_THREADS/2))
+FastTransforms.ft_set_num_threads(Threads.nthreads())
 
 @testset "libfasttransforms" begin
     n = 64