diff --git a/server/db/pg/driver.ts b/server/db/pg/driver.ts
index 44b210b0..23904c7e 100644
--- a/server/db/pg/driver.ts
+++ b/server/db/pg/driver.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ function createDb() {
     }
 
     // Create connection pools instead of individual connections
+    const poolConfig = config.postgres.pool;
     const primaryPool = new Pool({
         connectionString,
-        max: 20,
-        idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
-        connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
+        max: poolConfig.max_connections,
+        idleTimeoutMillis: poolConfig.idle_timeout_ms,
+        connectionTimeoutMillis: poolConfig.connection_timeout_ms,
     });
 
     const replicas = [];
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ function createDb() {
         for (const conn of replicaConnections) {
             const replicaPool = new Pool({
                 connectionString: conn.connection_string,
-                max: 10,
-                idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
-                connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
+                max: poolConfig.max_replica_connections,
+                idleTimeoutMillis: poolConfig.idle_timeout_ms,
+                connectionTimeoutMillis: poolConfig.connection_timeout_ms,
             });
             replicas.push(DrizzlePostgres(replicaPool));
         }
diff --git a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index af6cd642..ea872252 100644
--- a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,21 @@ export const configSchema = z
                             connection_string: z.string()
                         })
                     )
+                    .optional(),
+                pool: z
+                    .object({
+                        max_connections: z.number().positive().optional().default(20),
+                        max_replica_connections: z.number().positive().optional().default(10),
+                        idle_timeout_ms: z.number().positive().optional().default(30000),
+                        connection_timeout_ms: z.number().positive().optional().default(5000)
+                    })
                     .optional()
+                    .default({
+                        max_connections: 20,
+                        max_replica_connections: 10,
+                        idle_timeout_ms: 30000,
+                        connection_timeout_ms: 5000
+                    })
             })
             .optional(),
         traefik: z