diff --git a/api-tests/db-max-connection-test.js b/api-tests/db-max-connection-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e71d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-tests/db-max-connection-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require('dotenv').config({ path: `.env.${process.env.NODE_ENV}` });
+const log = require('loglevel');
+require('../server/setup');
+const request = require('supertest'); // eslint-disable-line
+const server = require('../server/app');
+
+(async () => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i += 1) {
+    await request(server).get(`/stakeholders`);
+    log.info(`request ${i + 1}`);
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99cc9b0..e18a8a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "seed": "knex seed:run",
     "proxy": "http://localhost:3001/",
     "prepare": "husky install",
-    "seed-dev": "NODE_ENV=development knex seed:run"
+    "seed-dev": "NODE_ENV=development knex seed:run",
+    "db-pool-test": "NODE_ENV=development node ./api-tests/db-max-connection-test.js"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "ecology"
diff --git a/server/app.spec.js b/server/app.spec.js
index e06248a..a628fe4 100644
--- a/server/app.spec.js
+++ b/server/app.spec.js
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 const request = require('supertest');
 const { expect } = require('chai');
-const server = require("./app");
+const server = require('./app');
 
-
-describe("", () => {
-
-  it("Test header: content-type: application/json", async () => {
-    const res = await request(server)
-      .get('/');
+describe('', () => {
+  it('Test header: content-type: application/json', async () => {
+    const res = await request(server).get('/');
     expect(res.statusCode).eq(200);
   });
 
-  it("Test header: content-type: application/json", async () => {
-    const res = await request(server)
-      .post('/');
+  it('Test header: content-type: application/json', async () => {
+    const res = await request(server).post('/');
+
     expect(res.statusCode).eq(415);
-    expect(res.body).property("message").match(/application.json/);
+    expect(res.body)
+      .property('message')
+      .match(/application.json/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/server/database/knex.js b/server/database/knex.js
index 2149e09..e509c2c 100644
--- a/server/database/knex.js
+++ b/server/database/knex.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const knexConfig = {
   client: 'pg',
   debug: process.env.NODE_LOG_LEVEL === 'debug',
   connection,
-  pool: { min: 0, max: 20 },
+  pool: { min: 0, max: 10 },
 };
 
 log.debug(process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA);
diff --git a/server/setup.js b/server/setup.js
index 76f67b5..a432946 100644
--- a/server/setup.js
+++ b/server/setup.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * A file to setup some global setting, like log level
  */
-const log = require("loglevel");
 
-if(process.env.NODE_LOG_LEVEL){
+const log = require('loglevel');
+
+if (process.env.NODE_LOG_LEVEL) {
   log.setDefaultLevel(process.env.NODE_LOG_LEVEL);
-}else{
-  log.setDefaultLevel("info");
+} else {
+  log.setDefaultLevel('info');
 }
-