diff --git a/webapp/go/app.go b/webapp/go/app.go
index 485bbcd9..7ec8d513 100644
--- a/webapp/go/app.go
+++ b/webapp/go/app.go
@@ -1396,6 +1396,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
+	maxOpenConns := 10
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(maxOpenConns)
+	db.SetMaxIdleConns(maxOpenConns)
+	db.SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Second * time.Duration(maxOpenConns))
+	db.SetConnMaxIdleTime(time.Second * time.Duration(maxOpenConns))
+
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
 
 	r.Use(sessionManager.LoadAndSave)