diff --git a/shards/mishards/__init__.py b/shards/mishards/__init__.py
index a3c55c4ae38469f596af29f3e03be211da1335d9..55594220d3aae9b33635ceda6bf3ca51ec07a833 100644
--- a/shards/mishards/__init__.py
+++ b/shards/mishards/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ grpc_server = Server()
 
 def create_app(testing_config=None):
     config = testing_config if testing_config else settings.DefaultConfig
-    db.init_db(uri=config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI, echo=config.SQL_ECHO)
+    db.init_db(uri=config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI, echo=config.SQL_ECHO, pool_size=config.SQL_POOL_SIZE,
+               pool_recycle=config.SQL_POOL_RECYCLE, pool_timeout=config.SQL_POOL_TIMEOUT,
+               pool_pre_ping=config.SQL_POOL_PRE_PING, max_overflow=config.SQL_MAX_OVERFLOW)
 
     from mishards.connections import ConnectionMgr
     connect_mgr = ConnectionMgr()
diff --git a/shards/mishards/db_base.py b/shards/mishards/db_base.py
index 5f2eee9ba15bde17a53c30e8640fbae21918d645..e55c330352488ea27cf13d2ffb961f958cb70247 100644
--- a/shards/mishards/db_base.py
+++ b/shards/mishards/db_base.py
@@ -23,15 +23,12 @@ class DB:
         uri and self.init_db(uri, echo)
         self.session_factory = scoped_session(sessionmaker(class_=LocalSession, db=self))
 
-    def init_db(self, uri, echo=False):
+    def init_db(self, uri, echo=False, pool_size=100, pool_recycle=5, pool_timeout=30, pool_pre_ping=True, max_overflow=0):
         url = make_url(uri)
         if url.get_backend_name() == 'sqlite':
             self.engine = create_engine(url)
         else:
-            self.engine = create_engine(uri, pool_size=100, pool_recycle=5, pool_timeout=30,
-                                        pool_pre_ping=True,
-                                        echo=echo,
-                                        max_overflow=0)
+            self.engine = create_engine(uri, pool_size, pool_recycle, pool_timeout, pool_pre_ping, echo, max_overflow)
         self.uri = uri
         self.url = url
 
diff --git a/shards/mishards/settings.py b/shards/mishards/settings.py
index 8d7361dddcfbe3371df25456e12eba00e33ce111..832f1639ea720f861a5615b3667c87a3211bf230 100644
--- a/shards/mishards/settings.py
+++ b/shards/mishards/settings.py
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ class TracingConfig:
         }
     }
 
+    max_overflow=0
 
 class DefaultConfig:
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = env.str('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI')
     SQL_ECHO = env.bool('SQL_ECHO', False)
+    SQL_POOL_SIZE = env.int('pool_size', 100)
+    SQL_POOL_RECYCLE = env.int('pool_recycle', 5)
+    SQL_POOL_TIMEOUT = env.int('pool_timeout', 30)
+    SQL_POOL_PRE_PING = env.bool('pool_pre_ping', True)
+    SQL_MAX_OVERFLOW = env.int('max_overflow', 0)
     TRACER_PLUGIN_PATH = env.str('TRACER_PLUGIN_PATH', '')
     TRACER_CLASS_NAME = env.str('TRACER_CLASS_NAME', '')
     ROUTER_PLUGIN_PATH = env.str('ROUTER_PLUGIN_PATH', '')
@@ -65,5 +71,10 @@ class DefaultConfig:
 class TestingConfig(DefaultConfig):
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = env.str('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_TEST_URI', '')
     SQL_ECHO = env.bool('SQL_TEST_ECHO', False)
+    SQL_POOL_SIZE = env.int('pool_size', 100)
+    SQL_POOL_RECYCLE = env.int('pool_recycle', 5)
+    SQL_POOL_TIMEOUT = env.int('pool_timeout', 30)
+    SQL_POOL_PRE_PING = env.bool('pool_pre_ping', True)
+    SQL_MAX_OVERFLOW = env.int('max_overflow', 0)
     TRACER_CLASS_NAME = env.str('TRACER_CLASS_TEST_NAME', '')
     ROUTER_CLASS_NAME = env.str('ROUTER_CLASS_TEST_NAME', 'FileBasedHashRingRouter')