diff --git a/backend/database/database_manager.py b/backend/database/database_manager.py
index ba6c562..ff0907e 100644
--- a/backend/database/database_manager.py
+++ b/backend/database/database_manager.py
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
-from settings import DATABASE_URL
+from settings import (
+    APP_ENV,
+    DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+    DATABASE_POOL_SIZE,
+    DATABASE_URL,
+)
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.pool import QueuePool
 
 
 class DatabaseManager:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+        if APP_ENV == "prod":
+            self.engine = create_engine(
+                DATABASE_URL,
+                poolclass=QueuePool,
+                pool_size=DATABASE_POOL_SIZE,
+                max_overflow=DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         Session = sessionmaker(bind=self.engine)
diff --git a/backend/llms/gpt_lang.py b/backend/llms/gpt_lang.py
index 323beb2..be7924d 100644
--- a/backend/llms/gpt_lang.py
+++ b/backend/llms/gpt_lang.py
@@ -5,14 +5,28 @@
 from langchain.agents.agent_types import AgentType
 from langchain.llms.openai import OpenAI
 from langchain.sql_database import SQLDatabase
-from settings import DATABASE_URL
+from settings import (
+    APP_ENV,
+    DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+    DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_SIZE,
+    DATABASE_POOL_URL,
+    DATABASE_URL,
+)
 
 
 class GPTLangSQL:
     def __init__(self, tables: List[str]):
         if not tables:
             raise ValueError("No tables provided")
-        self.db = SQLDatabase.from_uri(DATABASE_URL, include_tables=tables)
+        if APP_ENV == "prod":
+            self.db = SQLDatabase.from_uri(
+                DATABASE_POOL_URL,
+                include_tables=tables,
+                pool_size=DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_SIZE,
+                max_overflow=DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.db = SQLDatabase.from_uri(DATABASE_URL, include_tables=tables)
         self.toolkit = SQLDatabaseToolkit(db=self.db, llm=OpenAI(temperature=0))
         self.agent_executor = create_sql_agent(
             llm=OpenAI(temperature=0),
diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
index 0d5b444..950c7b3 100644
--- a/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -24,7 +24,16 @@
 )
 JWT_SECRET_KEY = config("JWT_SECRET_KEY")
 
-DATABASE_URL = config("DATABASE_URL")
+DATABASE_URL = config(
+    "DATABASE_URL", default="postgresql://admin:admin@postgres_db:5432/db"
+)
+DATABASE_POOL_URL = config("DATABASE_POOL_URL", default=None)
+DATABASE_POOL_SIZE = int(config("DATABASE_POOL_SIZE", default=10))
+DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW = int(config("DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW", default=3))
+DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_SIZE = int(config("DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_SIZE", default=5))
+DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW = int(
+    config("DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW", default=2)
+)
 
 EMAIL_VERIFICATION_EXPIRE_MINUTES = int(
     config("EMAIL_VERIFICATION_EXPIRE_MINUTES", default=15)
diff --git a/k8s/backend-configmap.yaml b/k8s/backend-configmap.yaml
index f61abaa..911782c 100644
--- a/k8s/backend-configmap.yaml
+++ b/k8s/backend-configmap.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ metadata:
 data:
   APP_ENV: "prod"
   APP_HOST: "docshow.ai"
+  DATABASE_POOL_SIZE: "10"
+  DATABASE_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW: "3"
+  DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_SIZE: "5"
+  DATABASE_LANGCHAIN_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW: "2"
   EMAIL_VERIFICATION_EXPIRE_MINUTES: "15"
   PASSWORD_RESET_EXPIRE_MINUTES: "15"
   SPACES_BUCKET_NAME: "docshowai"
diff --git a/k8s/backend-deployment.yaml b/k8s/backend-deployment.yaml
index cb583fc..07254c8 100644
--- a/k8s/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ spec:
         - configMapRef:
             name: backend-config
         env:
-        - name: DATABASE_URL
+        - name: DATABASE_POOL_URL
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: db-credentials
-              key: DATABASE_URL
+              key: DATABASE_POOL_URL
         - name: OPENAI_API_KEY
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/k8s/backend-network-policy.yaml b/k8s/backend-network-policy.yaml
index 2fea2cf..925de96 100644
--- a/k8s/backend-network-policy.yaml
+++ b/k8s/backend-network-policy.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ spec:
       port: 443  # For outbound web traffic like SendGrid
     - protocol: TCP
       port: 25060  # For PostgreSQL database
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 25061  # For PostgreSQL database pool