diff --git a/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go b/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
index df35eb0eca44fed2cf3f841ba869b0e0e1ac2960..d39e71596ef644a444f5cd6056e97e9a10ea3f39 100644
--- a/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
+++ b/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type poolParamsDisk struct {
 // DefaultPoolParams returns a default set of PoolParams.
 func DefaultPoolParams() PoolParams {
 	p := PoolParams{
-		MaxPoolSize:     30,
+		MaxPoolSize:     5,
 		ProxyAttempts:   5,
 		PoolSize:        0,
 		MaxPings:        0,