diff --git a/src/engine/gameManager/DbManager.java b/src/engine/gameManager/DbManager.java
index cbd52a3d..60f8e214 100644
--- a/src/engine/gameManager/DbManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/gameManager/DbManager.java
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public enum DbManager {
 
         // Magicbane requires at least 15 db connections min to boot.
 
-        int connectionCount = Math.max(15, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2) + 1;
+        int connectionCount = Math.min(10, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2) + 1;
         config.setMaximumPoolSize(connectionCount);
 
         config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:mysql://" + ConfigManager.MB_DATABASE_ADDRESS.getValue() +