diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index a22513ab9..f9cd5bf9d 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
      :migrations (ig/ref :app.migrations/all)
      :name "main"
      :min-pool-size 0
-     :max-pool-size 10}
+     :max-pool-size 20}
 
     :app.metrics/metrics
     {}