diff --git a/lib/Bot/BB3.pm b/lib/Bot/BB3.pm
index c9ca3c3..ae07fae 100644
--- a/lib/Bot/BB3.pm
+++ b/lib/Bot/BB3.pm
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ sub parse_main_conf {
 	}
 
 	my %conf_defaults = (
-		start_plugin_children => 3,
-		max_plugin_children => 10,
-		child_handle_count => 10,
+		start_plugin_children => 8,
+		max_plugin_children => 20,
+		child_handle_count => 20,
 		http_plugin_port => 10080,
 		pastebot_plugin_port => 10081,
 	);
diff --git a/lib/eval.pl b/lib/eval.pl
index 52dc4a3..ab49ef1 100755
--- a/lib/eval.pl
+++ b/lib/eval.pl
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ no warnings;
 		print STDOUT $ret;
 	}
 
-use utf8; eval "\$\343\201\257 = 42; 'ש' =~ /([\p{Bidi_Class:L}\p{Bidi_Class:R}])/";  # attempt to automatically load the utf8 libraries.
-eval "[ 'ß' =~ m/^\Qss\E\z/i ? 'True' : 'False' ];"; # Try to grab some more utf8 libs
-eval "[CORE::fc '€']";
+eval "use utf8; \$\343\201\257 = 42; 'ש' =~ /([\p{Bidi_Class:L}\p{Bidi_Class:R}])/";  # attempt to automatically load the utf8 libraries.
+eval "use utf8; [ 'ß' =~ m/^\Qss\E\z/i ? 'True' : 'False' ];"; # Try to grab some more utf8 libs
+eval "use utf8; [CORE::fc '€']";
 use charnames qw(:full);
 use PerlIO;
 use PerlIO::scalar;