diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index d336619..a90ffbc 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ test:
 production:
   adapter: postgresql
   encoding: unicode
+  pool: <%= ENV['RAILS_MAX_THREADS'] || 10 %>
   url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>