diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3f83d7..c69cfdb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-co-op/gocron v1.17.1
 	github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4 v4.3.0
+	github.com/go-redis/redis/extra/redisotel/v8 v8.11.5
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.3.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/extra/rediscmd/v8 v8.11.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-redis/redis/extra/redisotel/v8 v8.11.5 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/reddit/client.go b/internal/reddit/client.go
index 88995e1..ce31271 100644
--- a/internal/reddit/client.go
+++ b/internal/reddit/client.go
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ func NewClient(id, secret string, tracer trace.Tracer, statsd statsd.ClientInter
 		pool.Put(parsers[i])
 	}
 
+	t := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
+	t.MaxIdleConns = 100
+	t.MaxConnsPerHost = 100
+	t.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = 100
+
 	httpClient := &http.Client{
-		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(http.DefaultTransport),
+		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(t),
 		Timeout:   4 * time.Second,
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/connection.go b/internal/repository/connection.go
index 8937d43..5820720 100644
--- a/internal/repository/connection.go
+++ b/internal/repository/connection.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgconn"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.10.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ type Connection interface {
 
 func spanWithQuery(ctx context.Context, tracer trace.Tracer, query string) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "db:query")
-	span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("db.query", query))
+	span.SetAttributes(semconv.DBStatementKey.String(query))
 	return ctx, span
 }