diff --git a/koji-setup/koji-deploy-hub.sh b/koji-setup/koji-deploy-hub.sh
index 187624d..08e6219 100644
--- a/koji-setup/koji-deploy-hub.sh
+++ b/koji-setup/koji-deploy-hub.sh
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ EOF
 #host     koji        koji    127.0.0.1/32    trust
 #host     koji        koji    ::1/128         trust
 
+# increase the max connections as koji appears to be very chatty
+sed -i "/^max_connections =/ s/100/1000/" "/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf"
+
 systemctl reload postgresql
 
 # Bootstrapping the initial koji admin user into the PostgreSQL database