diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index 8c0f79bea3..59dd960345 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -244,8 +244,10 @@ func connectDB(host, user, pass, dbName string) error {
 	PQ = db.DB()
 	boil.SetDB(PQ)
 	if err == nil {
-		PQ.SetMaxOpenConns(3)
-		PQ.SetMaxIdleConns(3)
+		maxConns := confMaxSQLConns.GetInt()
+		PQ.SetMaxOpenConns(maxConns)
+		PQ.SetMaxIdleConns(maxConns)
+		logger.Infof("Set max PG connections to %d", maxConns)
 	}
 	GORM.SetLogger(&GORMLogger{})
 
diff --git a/common/config.go b/common/config.go
index ab33845d87..b89f697074 100644
--- a/common/config.go
+++ b/common/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ var (
 	ConfDogStatsdAddress = config.RegisterOption("yagpdb.dogstatsdaddress", "dogstatsd address", "")
 	confNoSchemaInit     = config.RegisterOption("yagpdb.no_schema_init", "Disable schema intiialization", false)
 
+	confMaxSQLConns = config.RegisterOption("yagdb.pq_max_conns", "Max connections to postgres", 3)
+
 	BotOwners []int64
 )
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ func LoadConfig() (err error) {
 	config.AddSource(&config.EnvSource{})
 	config.AddSource(&config.RedisConfigStore{Pool: RedisPool})
 	config.Load()
- 
+
 	requiredConf := []*config.ConfigOption{
 		ConfClientID,
 		ConfClientSecret,