diff --git a/nitter.example.conf b/nitter.example.conf
index 610d468..6c2f8f4 100644
--- a/nitter.example.conf
+++ b/nitter.example.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rssMinutes = 10  # how long to cache rss queries
 redisHost = "${REDIS_HOST}"  # Change to "nitter-redis" if using docker-compose
 redisPort = ${REDIS_PORT}
 redisPassword = "${REDIS_PASSWORD}"
-redisConnections = 20  # connection pool size
+redisConnections = 15  # connection pool size
 redisMaxConnections = 30
 # max, new connections are opened when none are available, but if the pool size
 # goes above this, they're closed when released. don't worry about this unless