diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/beat.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/beat.py
index 8ddc17efc52..c896760cb99 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/beat.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/beat.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 @beat_init.connect
 def on_beat_init(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     logger.info("beat_init signal received.")
+
+    # celery beat shouldn't touch the db at all. But just setting a low minimum here.
     SqlEngine.set_app_name(POSTGRES_CELERY_BEAT_APP_NAME)
     SqlEngine.init_engine(pool_size=2, max_overflow=0)
     app_base.wait_for_redis(sender, **kwargs)
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/heavy.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/heavy.py
index ba53776bedb..4bd95162b3a 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/heavy.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/heavy.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def on_worker_init(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     logger.info(f"Multiprocessing start method: {multiprocessing.get_start_method()}")
 
     SqlEngine.set_app_name(POSTGRES_CELERY_WORKER_HEAVY_APP_NAME)
-    SqlEngine.init_engine(pool_size=8, max_overflow=0)
+    SqlEngine.init_engine(pool_size=4, max_overflow=12)
 
     app_base.wait_for_redis(sender, **kwargs)
     app_base.on_secondary_worker_init(sender, **kwargs)
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/primary.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/primary.py
index 983b76773ed..a8ebb161cec 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/primary.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/apps/primary.py
@@ -166,19 +166,6 @@ def on_worker_init(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         r.delete(key)
 
 
-# @worker_process_init.connect
-# def on_worker_process_init(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-#     """This only runs inside child processes when the worker is in pool=prefork mode.
-#     This may be technically unnecessary since we're finding prefork pools to be
-#     unstable and currently aren't planning on using them."""
-#     logger.info("worker_process_init signal received.")
-#     SqlEngine.set_app_name(POSTGRES_CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CHILD_APP_NAME)
-#     SqlEngine.init_engine(pool_size=5, max_overflow=0)
-
-#     # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43944787/sqlalchemy-celery-with-scoped-session-error
-#     SqlEngine.get_engine().dispose(close=False)
-
-
 @worker_ready.connect
 def on_worker_ready(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     app_base.on_worker_ready(sender, **kwargs)
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py b/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
index 68d706895fd..6808a52c5ca 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 from typing import Literal
 from typing import Optional
 
-from danswer.db.engine import get_sqlalchemy_engine
+from danswer.configs.constants import POSTGRES_CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CHILD_APP_NAME
+from danswer.db.engine import SqlEngine
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
 
 logger = setup_logger()
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ def _initializer(
     if kwargs is None:
         kwargs = {}
 
-    get_sqlalchemy_engine().dispose(close=False)
+    logger.info("Initializing spawned worker child process.")
+    SqlEngine.set_app_name(POSTGRES_CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CHILD_APP_NAME)
+    SqlEngine.init_engine(pool_size=4, max_overflow=12, pool_recycle=60)
     return func(*args, **kwargs)