diff --git a/gdrivefs/config/__init__.py b/gdrivefs/config/__init__.py
index f8c4749..3646db3 100644
--- a/gdrivefs/config/__init__.py
+++ b/gdrivefs/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
 IS_DEBUG = bool(int(os.environ.get('GD_DEBUG', '0')))
+NO_THREADS = bool(int(os.environ.get('GD_NOTHREADS', '1')))
 DO_LOG_FUSE_MESSAGES = bool(int(os.environ.get('GD_DO_LOG_FUSE_MESSAGES', '0')))
diff --git a/gdrivefs/resources/README.rst b/gdrivefs/resources/README.rst
index 6e25a7c..f7400d2 100644
--- a/gdrivefs/resources/README.rst
+++ b/gdrivefs/resources/README.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,20 @@ Just set the `GD_DEBUG` environment variable to "1"::
        flags=0x00000011
 
 
+Multi-threading FUSE
+====================
+
+It used to be that GDFS mounting used FUSE with no threads, only when running in
+debugging-mode, and actually if not in debugging-mode, FUSE was always used
+with threads.
+
+Currently, using FUSE with threads corrupts data reads, once mounted.  Then now
+multi-threading is decoupled from debugging-mode, and by default set to no threads.
+
+To enable threads back when mounting GDFS, just set the `GD_NOTHREADS` environment
+variable to "0" (1 by default).
+
+
 Troubleshooting Steps
 =====================
 
diff --git a/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfs b/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfs
index b001787..a8673ff 100755
--- a/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfs
+++ b/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def main():
         auth_storage_filepath=args.auth_storage_file, 
         mountpoint=args.mountpoint, 
         debug=gdrivefs.config.IS_DEBUG, 
-        nothreads=gdrivefs.config.IS_DEBUG, 
+        nothreads=gdrivefs.config.NO_THREADS, 
         option_string=option_string)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfstool b/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfstool
index da2820e..52aaf66 100755
--- a/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfstool
+++ b/gdrivefs/resources/scripts/gdfstool
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def _handle_mountpoint(args):
         auth_storage_filepath=args.auth_storage_file, 
         mountpoint=args.mountpoint, 
         debug=gdrivefs.config.IS_DEBUG, 
-        nothreads=gdrivefs.config.IS_DEBUG, 
+        nothreads=gdrivefs.config.NO_THREADS, 
         option_string=option_string)
 
 def main():
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ def main():
         raise Exception("Invalid option.")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()