diff --git a/src/dispatch/config.py b/src/dispatch/config.py
index 05ed71db9464..ba0e97ec35d4 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/config.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/config.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         def __str__(self) -> str:
             return self._decrypted_value
 
-
 elif SECRET_PROVIDER == "kms-secret":
     import boto3
 
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         def __str__(self) -> str:
             return self._decrypted_value
 
-
 else:
     from starlette.datastructures import Secret
 
@@ -175,6 +173,8 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 _QUOTED_DATABASE_PASSWORD = parse.quote(str(_DATABASE_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD))
 DATABASE_NAME = config("DATABASE_NAME", default="dispatch")
 DATABASE_PORT = config("DATABASE_PORT", default="5432")
+DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE = config("DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE", cast=int, default=1000)
+DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW = config("DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW", cast=int, default=0)
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f"postgresql+psycopg2://{_DATABASE_CREDENTIAL_USER}:{_QUOTED_DATABASE_PASSWORD}@{DATABASE_HOSTNAME}:{DATABASE_PORT}/{DATABASE_NAME}"
 
 ALEMBIC_CORE_REVISION_PATH = config(
diff --git a/src/dispatch/database/core.py b/src/dispatch/database/core.py
index 8e3c9799c593..a1a01e54ac85 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/database/core.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/database/core.py
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 from dispatch.search.fulltext import make_searchable
 
 
-engine = create_engine(str(config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI))
+engine = create_engine(
+    config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI,
+    pool_size=config.DATABASE_ENGINE_POOL_SIZE,
+    max_overflow=config.DATABASE_ENGINE_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+)
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(bind=engine)