diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 32f276c..264ba0b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ spring:
     username: ${DATABASE_USERNAME:mlbstats}
     password: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD:mlbstats}
     driver-class-name: org.postgresql.Driver
+    hikari:
+      maximum-pool-size: ${HIKARI_MAX_POOL_SIZE:5}
+      minimum-idle: ${HIKARI_MIN_IDLE:2}
 
   jpa:
     hibernate: