diff --git a/Containers/postgresql/start.sh b/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
index 642039d4..75a86abd 100644
--- a/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ fi
 
 # Modify postgresql.conf
 if [ -f "/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf" ]; then
+    echo "Setting max connections..."
+    MEMORY=$(awk '/MemTotal/ {printf "%d", $2/1024}' /proc/meminfo)
+    MAX_CONNECTIONS=$((MEMORY/50+3))
+    if [ -n "$MAX_CONNECTIONS" ]; then
+        sed -i "s|^max_connections =.*|max_connections = $MAX_CONNECTIONS|" "/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf"
+    fi
+
     # Modify conf
     if grep -q "#log_checkpoints" /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf; then
         sed -i 's|#log_checkpoints.*|log_checkpoints = off|' /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf