diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index cb5598ece..b16678d4e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@ const main = async () => {
     subscribers: [__dirname + '/events/**/*{.js,.ts}'],
     namingStrategy: new SnakeNamingStrategy(),
     logger: new CustomTypeOrmLogger(['query', 'info']),
-    connectTimeoutMS: 40000, // 40 seconds
+    connectTimeoutMS: 10000, // 10 seconds
     maxQueryExecutionTime: 10000, // 10 seconds
+    extra: {
+      max: env.pg.pool.max,
+      idleTimeoutMillis: 10000, // 10 seconds
+    },
   })
 
   // respond healthy to auto-scaler.