diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
index 143eeab..b2ec238 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip
+        git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
         pip install -U -r requirements.txt
         pip install -U -r dev-requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/adsws/api/discoverer/views.py b/adsws/api/discoverer/views.py
index 7b9e094..124da26 100644
--- a/adsws/api/discoverer/views.py
+++ b/adsws/api/discoverer/views.py
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ def __init__(self, endpoint, service_uri, deploy_path, route):
         self.cs = None
         try:
             self.default_request_timeout = current_app.config.get("DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 60)
+            self.pool_connections = current_app.config.get("REQUESTS_POOL_CONNECTIONS", 20)
+            self.pool_maxsize = current_app.config.get("REQUESTS_POOL_MAXSIZE", 1000)
+            self.max_retries = current_app.config.get("REQUESTS_MAX_RETRIES", 1)
         except RuntimeError:
             # Unit testing fails: "RuntimeError: Working outside of application context."
             self.default_request_timeout = 60
+            self.pool_connections = 20
+            self.pool_maxsize = 1000
+            self.max_retries = 1
         if service_uri.startswith('consul://'):
             self.cs = ConsulService(
                 service_uri,
@@ -40,7 +46,10 @@ def __init__(self, endpoint, service_uri, deploy_path, route):
             #   requests sessions)
             # http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/?highlight=max_retries#requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter
             #
-            http_adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(pool_connections=20, pool_maxsize=1000, max_retries=3, pool_block=False)
+            http_adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(pool_connections=self.pool_connections, \
+                                                         pool_maxsize=self.pool_maxsize, \
+                                                         max_retries=self.max_retries, \
+                                                         pool_block=False)
             self.session.mount('http://', http_adapter)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index c783c72..8d3bd47 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@
 # Flask session config (http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/config/)
 PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME = 3600*24*365.25 # 1 year in seconds
 SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST = True
+
+REQUESTS_POOL_CONNECTIONS=20
+REQUESTS_POOL_MAXSIZE=1000
+REQUESTS_MAX_RETRIES=1