diff --git a/orm/base.py b/orm/base.py
index 0904d1f6..1d6b4d95 100644
--- a/orm/base.py
+++ b/orm/base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.sql.schema import Table
 
 from settings import DB_URL
 
-engine = create_engine(DB_URL, convert_unicode=True, echo=False)
+engine = create_engine(DB_URL, convert_unicode=True, echo=False, \
+	pool_size=10, max_overflow=20)
 
 T = TypeVar("T")