diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 87dd880..6bcf6c7 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ data_directory = "."
 # Minimum number of SQLite reader connections
 #min_conn = 4
 
-# Maximum number of SQLite reader connections
-#max_conn = 128
+# Maximum number of SQLite reader connections.  Recommend setting this
+# to approx the number of cores.
+#max_conn = 8
 
 [network]
 # Bind to this network address
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 79ad94d..99e4377 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl Default for Settings {
                 data_directory: ".".to_owned(),
                 in_memory: false,
                 min_conn: 4,
-                max_conn: 128,
+                max_conn: 8,
             },
             network: Network {
                 port: 8080,