diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 328d20b..ffba5cb 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 web: apollo api
 scheduler: apollo scheduler
-worker-notifications: apollo worker --queue notifications --multiplier 12
+worker-notifications: apollo worker --queue notifications --multiplier 32
diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
index 9cbb023..d4f83df 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func NewAPI(ctx context.Context, logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, d
 		os.Getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID"),
 		os.Getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET"),
 		statsd,
+		16,
 	)
 
 	models := data.NewModels(ctx, db)
diff --git a/internal/cmd/worker.go b/internal/cmd/worker.go
index dfac02c..fc13d5a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/worker.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/worker.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func WorkerCmd(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
 
 			consumers := runtime.NumCPU() * multiplier
 
-			worker := workerFn(logger, statsd, db, redis, queue)
-			worker.Start(consumers)
+			worker := workerFn(logger, statsd, db, redis, queue, consumers)
+			worker.Start()
 
 			<-ctx.Done()
 
diff --git a/internal/reddit/client.go b/internal/reddit/client.go
index 7821fe0..31e9196 100644
--- a/internal/reddit/client.go
+++ b/internal/reddit/client.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func PostIDFromContext(context string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func NewClient(id, secret string, statsd *statsd.Client) *Client {
+func NewClient(id, secret string, statsd *statsd.Client, connLimit int) *Client {
 	tracer := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
 		GotConn: func(info httptrace.GotConnInfo) {
 			if info.Reused {
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ func NewClient(id, secret string, statsd *statsd.Client) *Client {
 	}
 
 	t := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
-	t.MaxIdleConns = 128
-	t.MaxConnsPerHost = 512
-	t.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = 128
+	t.MaxIdleConns = connLimit / 4
+	t.MaxConnsPerHost = connLimit
+	t.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = connLimit / 4
+	t.IdleConnTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 
 	client := &http.Client{Transport: t}
 
diff --git a/internal/worker/notifications.go b/internal/worker/notifications.go
index 176e830..08ed73a 100644
--- a/internal/worker/notifications.go
+++ b/internal/worker/notifications.go
@@ -28,20 +28,22 @@ const (
 )
 
 type notificationsWorker struct {
-	logger *logrus.Logger
-	statsd *statsd.Client
-	db     *pgxpool.Pool
-	redis  *redis.Client
-	queue  rmq.Connection
-	reddit *reddit.Client
-	apns   *token.Token
+	logger    *logrus.Logger
+	statsd    *statsd.Client
+	db        *pgxpool.Pool
+	redis     *redis.Client
+	queue     rmq.Connection
+	reddit    *reddit.Client
+	apns      *token.Token
+	consumers int
 }
 
-func NewNotificationsWorker(logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, db *pgxpool.Pool, redis *redis.Client, queue rmq.Connection) Worker {
+func NewNotificationsWorker(logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, db *pgxpool.Pool, redis *redis.Client, queue rmq.Connection, consumers int) Worker {
 	reddit := reddit.NewClient(
 		os.Getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID"),
 		os.Getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET"),
 		statsd,
+		consumers,
 	)
 
 	var apns *token.Token
@@ -66,20 +68,21 @@ func NewNotificationsWorker(logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, db *pg
 		queue,
 		reddit,
 		apns,
+		consumers,
 	}
 }
 
-func (nw *notificationsWorker) Start(consumers int) error {
+func (nw *notificationsWorker) Start() error {
 	queue, err := nw.queue.OpenQueue("notifications")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	nw.logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"numConsumers": consumers,
+		"numConsumers": nw.consumers,
 	}).Info("starting up notifications worker")
 
-	prefetchLimit := int64(consumers * 2)
+	prefetchLimit := int64(nw.consumers * 2)
 
 	if err := queue.StartConsuming(prefetchLimit, pollDuration); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ func (nw *notificationsWorker) Start(consumers int) error {
 
 	host, _ := os.Hostname()
 
-	for i := 0; i < consumers; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < nw.consumers; i++ {
 		name := fmt.Sprintf("consumer %s-%d", host, i)
 
 		consumer := NewNotificationsConsumer(nw, i)
diff --git a/internal/worker/worker.go b/internal/worker/worker.go
index 3bb8ebf..6d89763 100644
--- a/internal/worker/worker.go
+++ b/internal/worker/worker.go
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-type NewWorkerFn func(logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, db *pgxpool.Pool, redis *redis.Client, queue rmq.Connection) Worker
-
+type NewWorkerFn func(logger *logrus.Logger, statsd *statsd.Client, db *pgxpool.Pool, redis *redis.Client, queue rmq.Connection, consumers int) Worker
 type Worker interface {
-	Start(int) error
+	Start() error
 	Stop()
 }