diff --git a/clamd.conf b/clamd.conf
index ebdb4bd..017402c 100644
--- a/clamd.conf
+++ b/clamd.conf
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ StreamMaxLength 10M
 
 # Maximum number of threads running at the same time.
 # Default: 10
-MaxThreads 5
+MaxThreads 2
 
 # Waiting for data from a client socket will timeout after this time (seconds).
 # Default: 120
diff --git a/my.cnf.d/server.cnf b/my.cnf.d/server.cnf
index aaffe5d..d24d3cf 100644
--- a/my.cnf.d/server.cnf
+++ b/my.cnf.d/server.cnf
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 # this is read by the standalone daemon and embedded servers
 [server]
 
+max_connections = 25
+
+table_definition_cache = 512
+
 # this is only for the mysqld standalone daemon
 [mysqld]
 
diff --git a/sysctl.conf b/sysctl.conf
index c7dc34e..3a53001 100644
--- a/sysctl.conf
+++ b/sysctl.conf
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65023
 fs.file-max = 2097152
 
 # do less swapping
-vm.swappiness = 10
+vm.swappiness = 25
 vm.dirty_background_ratio = 1
 vm.dirty_ratio = 1
 vm.dirty_background_bytes = 5