diff --git a/crates/scyllaconn/src/conn.rs b/crates/scyllaconn/src/conn.rs
index 01c285f..16e21ab 100644
--- a/crates/scyllaconn/src/conn.rs
+++ b/crates/scyllaconn/src/conn.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::ScyllaConfig;
+use netpod::log::*;
 use scylla::client::execution_profile::ExecutionProfileBuilder;
 use scylla::client::session::Session;
 use scylla::client::session_builder::SessionBuilder;
 use scylla::errors::NewSessionError;
 use scylla::statement::Consistency;
+use std::num::NonZero;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 autoerr::create_error_v1!(
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ pub async fn create_scy_session(scyconf: &ScyllaConfig) -> Result<Arc<Session>,
 pub async fn create_scy_session_no_ks(scyconf: &ScyllaConfig) -> Result<Session, Error> {
     info!("creating scylla connection");
     let scy = SessionBuilder::new()
+        .pool_size(scylla::client::PoolSize::PerHost(NonZero::new(4).unwrap()))
         .known_nodes(&scyconf.hosts)
         .default_execution_profile_handle(
             ExecutionProfileBuilder::default()