diff --git a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
index 2725d2b0bab..cf050a4f002 100644
--- a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
+++ b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ backend automate_postgresql
             {{~#if ../cfg.resolvers.nameservers }}
     server-template {{node.address}} 8 {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} check resolvers pgdns init-addr none  resolve-prefer ipv4
             {{else}}
-    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
+    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
             {{~/if}}
        {{else}}
-    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
+    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
        {{~/if}}
     {{~/each}}
 {{else~}}
diff --git a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
index 2a97a20a269..8ad12de862a 100644
--- a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
+++ b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+max_connections = 350
+
 [service]
 host = "0.0.0.0"
 port = 10145