diff --git a/agent/proxysql.py b/agent/proxysql.py
index d7bb8fc0..c03015ff 100644
--- a/agent/proxysql.py
+++ b/agent/proxysql.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ def add_user_job(
         username: str,
         password: str,
         database: str,
+        max_connections: int,
         backend: dict,
-        max_connections: int = 4,
     ):
         self.add_backend(backend)
         self.add_user(username, password, database, max_connections, backend)
diff --git a/agent/web.py b/agent/web.py
index e0e2eaa2..aa114633 100644
--- a/agent/web.py
+++ b/agent/web.py
@@ -1036,8 +1036,8 @@ def proxysql_add_user():
         data["username"],
         data["password"],
         data["database"],
+        data["max_connections"],
         data["backend"],
-        max_connections=data["max_connections"],
     )
     return {"job": job}