diff --git a/packages/api/internal/db/client.go b/packages/api/internal/db/client.go
index 6354a4b03..0c825492e 100644
--- a/packages/api/internal/db/client.go
+++ b/packages/api/internal/db/client.go
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ package db
 import (
 	"context"
 	"entgo.io/ent/dialect"
+	"entgo.io/ent/dialect/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/api/internal/db/ent"
-	"os"
-
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+	"os"
 )
 
 type DB struct {
@@ -22,9 +22,19 @@ func NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*DB, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("database URL is empty")
 	}
 
-	client, err := ent.Open(dialect.Postgres, databaseURL, ent.AlternateSchema(ent.SchemaConfig{
+	drv, err := sql.Open(dialect.Postgres, databaseURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Get the underlying sql.DB object of the driver.
+	db := drv.DB()
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(20)
+
+	client := ent.NewClient(ent.Driver(drv), ent.AlternateSchema(ent.SchemaConfig{
 		User: "auth",
 	}))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to database: %w", err)
 		return nil, err