diff --git a/config/dynamodb.go b/config/dynamodb.go
index 9988df3f..a5daea6c 100644
--- a/config/dynamodb.go
+++ b/config/dynamodb.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type DynamoDB struct {
 	AwsSecretAccessKey string `yaml:"awsSecretAccessKey"`
 	StreamArn          string `yaml:"streamArn"`
 	TableName          string `yaml:"tableName"`
+	MaxConcurrency     int64  `yaml:"__maxConcurrency"`
 
 	Snapshot         bool              `yaml:"snapshot"`
 	SnapshotSettings *SnapshotSettings `yaml:"snapshotSettings"`
diff --git a/sources/dynamodb/dynamodb.go b/sources/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
index 3980d3bd..1826775b 100644
--- a/sources/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
+++ b/sources/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dynamodb
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
@@ -19,10 +20,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	jitterSleepBaseMs    = 100
-	shardScannerInterval = 5 * time.Minute
-	// concurrencyLimit is the maximum number of shards we should be processing at once
-	concurrencyLimit = 30
+	jitterSleepBaseMs             = 100
+	shardScannerInterval          = 5 * time.Minute
+	defaultConcurrencyLimit int64 = 100
 )
 
 func Load(cfg config.DynamoDB) (sources.Source, bool, error) {
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ func Load(cfg config.DynamoDB) (sources.Source, bool, error) {
 			s3Client:       s3lib.NewClient(cfg.SnapshotSettings.S3Bucket, sess),
 		}, false, nil
 	} else {
-		_throttler, err := throttler.NewThrottler(concurrencyLimit)
+		// TODO: Should we be throttling based on go-routines? Or should we be using buffered channels?
+		_throttler, err := throttler.NewThrottler(cmp.Or(cfg.MaxConcurrency, defaultConcurrencyLimit))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to create throttler: %w", err)
 		}