diff --git a/backend/src/app/db.clj b/backend/src/app/db.clj
index d3f76df80..d628308e1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/db.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/db.clj
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 (def defaults
   {:name :main
    :min-size 0
-   :max-size 30
+   :max-size 60
    :connection-timeout 10000
    :validation-timeout 10000
    :idle-timeout 120000 ; 2min
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index f29871817..816c32a36 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     :migrations (ig/ref :app.migrations/all)
     :name       :main
     :min-size   (cf/get :database-min-pool-size 0)
-    :max-size   (cf/get :database-max-pool-size 30)}
+    :max-size   (cf/get :database-max-pool-size 60)}
 
    ;; Default thread pool for IO operations
    [::default :app.worker/executor]