diff --git a/sgx_jmp.rb b/sgx_jmp.rb
index 5039619f0c401d7ea903005a2b51b8fb59e52c03..bdbc26be7e8e866e392ed80e28608734a627d651 100644
--- a/sgx_jmp.rb
+++ b/sgx_jmp.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def panic(e, hub=nil)
 end
 
 EM.error_handler(&method(:panic))
+EM.threadpool_size = 10
 
 require_relative "lib/blather_client"
 @client = BlatherClient.new
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ when_ready do
 	REDIS = EM::Hiredis.connect
 	MEMCACHE = EM::P::Memcache.connect
 	BTC_SELL_PRICES = BTCSellPrices.new(REDIS, CONFIG[:oxr_app_id])
-	DB = Postgres.connect(dbname: "jmp", size: 25)
+	DB = Postgres.connect(dbname: "jmp", size: EM.threadpool_size + 2)
 	TEL_SELECTIONS = TelSelections.new
 
 	DB.hold do |conn|