diff --git a/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts b/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
index 7cb71bc..ae9ae00 100644
--- a/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export async function createScheduler(): Promise<PgBoss> {
     retryDelay: 30,
     retryBackoff: true,
     expireInSeconds: 300,
-    monitorStateIntervalSeconds: 30,
+    monitorStateIntervalSeconds: 60,
+    max: 4,          // pg-boss internal connection pool
+    poolSize: 4,     // alias used by some pg-boss versions
   });
 
   boss.on("error", (error) => console.error("pg-boss error:", error));