diff --git a/config.toml.sample b/config.toml.sample
index 829e542..4d62299 100644
--- a/config.toml.sample
+++ b/config.toml.sample
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ password = "listmonk"
 database = "listmonk"
 ssl_mode = "disable"
 
+# Maximum active and idle connections to pool.
+max_open = 50
+max_idle = 10
 
 # SMTP servers.
 [smtp]
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 371262e..b4d9ca8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -227,12 +227,11 @@ func initMediaStore() media.Store {
 
 func main() {
 	// Connect to the DB.
-	db, err := connectDB(ko.String("db.host"),
-		ko.Int("db.port"),
-		ko.String("db.user"),
-		ko.String("db.password"),
-		ko.String("db.database"),
-		ko.String("db.ssl_mode"))
+	var dbCfg dbConf
+	if err := ko.Unmarshal("db", &dbCfg); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error loading db config: %v", err)
+	}
+	db, err := connectDB(dbCfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("error connecting to DB: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/queries.go b/queries.go
index dace61b..b92d4ac 100644
--- a/queries.go
+++ b/queries.go
@@ -75,14 +75,28 @@ type Queries struct {
 	// GetStats *sqlx.Stmt `query:"get-stats"`
 }
 
+// dbConf contains database config required for connecting to a DB.
+type dbConf struct {
+	Host     string `koanf:"host"`
+	Port     int    `koanf:"port"`
+	User     string `koanf:"user"`
+	Password string `koanf:"password"`
+	DBName   string `koanf:"database"`
+	SSLMode  string `koanf:"ssl_mode"`
+	MaxOpen  int    `koanf:"max_open"`
+	MaxIdle  int    `koanf:"max_idle"`
+}
+
 // connectDB initializes a database connection.
-func connectDB(host string, port int, user, pwd, dbName string, sslMode string) (*sqlx.DB, error) {
+func connectDB(c dbConf) (*sqlx.DB, error) {
 	db, err := sqlx.Connect("postgres",
-		fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s", host, port, user, pwd, dbName, sslMode))
+		fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s",
+			c.Host, c.Port, c.User, c.Password, c.DBName, c.SSLMode))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(c.MaxOpen)
+	db.SetMaxIdleConns(c.MaxIdle)
 	return db, nil
 }