diff --git a/app/src/env.mjs b/app/src/env.mjs
index 8ce2d48..2f6fada 100644
--- a/app/src/env.mjs
+++ b/app/src/env.mjs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export const env = createEnv({
       .string()
       .default("10")
       .transform((val) => parseInt(val)),
+    WORKER_MAX_POOL_SIZE: z
+      .string()
+      .default("10")
+      .transform((val) => parseInt(val)),
   },
 
   /**
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ export const env = createEnv({
     SMTP_LOGIN: process.env.SMTP_LOGIN,
     SMTP_PASSWORD: process.env.SMTP_PASSWORD,
     WORKER_CONCURRENCY: process.env.WORKER_CONCURRENCY,
+    WORKER_MAX_POOL_SIZE: process.env.WORKER_MAX_POOL_SIZE,
   },
   /**
    * Run `build` or `dev` with `SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION` to skip env validation.
diff --git a/app/src/server/tasks/worker.ts b/app/src/server/tasks/worker.ts
index 3da6c1e..1daff35 100644
--- a/app/src/server/tasks/worker.ts
+++ b/app/src/server/tasks/worker.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const taskList = registeredTasks.reduce((acc, task) => {
 const runner = await run({
   connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL,
   concurrency: env.WORKER_CONCURRENCY,
+  maxPoolSize: env.WORKER_MAX_POOL_SIZE,
   // Install signal handlers for graceful shutdown on SIGINT, SIGTERM, etc
   noHandleSignals: false,
   pollInterval: 1000,