diff --git a/data-browser/src/main/resources/application.conf b/data-browser/src/main/resources/application.conf
index bff6402add..3d4173fe90 100644
--- a/data-browser/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/data-browser/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ databrowser_db {
     profile = slick.jdbc.PostgresProfile
     url = "jdbc:postgresql://"${dbconfig.host}":"${dbconfig.port}"/"${dbconfig.database}"?user="${dbconfig.user}"&password="${dbconfig.password}"&sslmode="${dbconfig.ssl}"&"${dbconfig.additionalConfig}
     url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-    numThreads = 8
-    queueSize = 70
+    numThreads = 15
+    queueSize = 500
     connectionTimeout = 20000
     validationTimeout = 10000
   }