diff --git a/client/main.go b/client/main.go
index 19fbd5902..714a03e3e 100644
--- a/client/main.go
+++ b/client/main.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:  "datashard",
-			Value: 7,
+			Value: 10,
 			Usage: "set reed-solomon erasure coding - datashard",
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 81c83d7cb..756787993 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:  "datashard",
-			Value: 7,
+			Value: 10,
 			Usage: "set reed-solomon erasure coding - datashard",
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{