diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b345d12..2f5b381e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3503,24 +3503,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nanoservices-utils"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6a95cdb2ba5dc6584099b1aac8da0a6f80e12ad5f9381a19d232c1fee714793"
+checksum = "63a4117f6ebfcfe84722ef283fd6e3bfcaa141718f3ff092343bb6cb98482e03"
 dependencies = [
- "actix-web",
- "bincode",
  "bitcode",
- "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "futures",
- "jsonwebtoken",
  "paste",
  "revision 0.7.1",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5990,9 +5983,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "surrealcs"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "457eb2adc59f9a9ba337e1fa3a6af63e09524e4adf01921b9d7079917cd7f694"
+checksum = "b28a50184a9a743ac180985d8b94ac4c93e4afaa0140f1057d3b11d4d36b9e8b"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bytes",
@@ -6011,9 +6004,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "surrealcs-kernel"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4a79da58bfc886b93a431a463f956184d4b0a9d3672833544a1b718ff86b0df"
+checksum = "ab2a5ba4af373b48fa241a81676d0172fc92e563df217282c472252b90beafee"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 45fad5e3..eb1fa62a 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.8"
 snap = "1.1.0"
 storekey = "0.5.0"
 subtle = "2.6"
-surrealcs = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
+surrealcs = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }
 surrealkv = { version = "0.3.6", optional = true }
 surrealml = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true, package = "surrealml-core" }
 tempfile = { version = "3.10.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/cnf.rs b/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/cnf.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7ad6d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/cnf.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+pub static SURREALCS_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE: LazyLock<usize> =
+	lazy_env_parse_or_else!("SURREAL_SURREALCS_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE", usize, |_| num_cpus::get());
diff --git a/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/mod.rs b/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/mod.rs
index 5234b958..e11643c9 100644
--- a/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/kvs/surrealcs/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "kv-surrealcs")]
 
+mod cnf;
+
 use crate::err::Error;
 use crate::key::debug::Sprintable;
 use crate::kvs::savepoint::{SaveOperation, SavePointImpl, SavePoints};
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ impl Drop for Transaction {
 impl Datastore {
 	/// Open a new database
 	pub(crate) async fn new(path: &str) -> Result<Datastore, Error> {
-		match create_connection_pool(path, None).await {
+		match create_connection_pool(path, Some(*cnf::SURREALCS_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE)).await {
 			Ok(_) => Ok(Datastore {}),
 			Err(_) => {
 				Err(Error::Ds("Cannot connect to the `surrealcs` storage engine".to_string()))