diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 11005b9..59da1cf 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func initializeDefaults() {
 	viper.SetDefault("database.postgres.user", "postgres")
 	viper.SetDefault("database.postgres.pass", "REPLACE_ME")
 	viper.SetDefault("database.postgres.db", "postgres")
+	viper.SetDefault("database.postgres.maxconns", 20)
 
 	viper.SetDefault("storage.type", "s3")
 	viper.SetDefault("storage.bucket", "smr")
diff --git a/db/ent.go b/db/ent.go
index ee71b11..f23f5c4 100644
--- a/db/ent.go
+++ b/db/ent.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func WithDB(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, error) {
 	}
 
 	poolConfig.ConnConfig.Tracer = otelpgx.NewTracer()
+	poolConfig.MaxConns = viper.GetInt32("database.postgres.maxconns")
 
 	pool, err := pgxpool.NewWithConfig(ctx, poolConfig)
 	if err != nil {