diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/executor/scheduler.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/executor/scheduler.py
index 3c906a3af..edf126f69 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/executor/scheduler.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/executor/scheduler.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ class ExecutionScheduler(AppService):
     def get_port(cls) -> int:
         return config.execution_scheduler_port
 
+    @classmethod
+    def db_pool_size(cls) -> int:
+        return config.scheduler_db_pool_size
+
     @property
     @thread_cached
     def execution_client(self) -> ExecutionManager:
@@ -110,7 +114,11 @@ class ExecutionScheduler(AppService):
         self.scheduler = BlockingScheduler(
             jobstores={
                 "default": SQLAlchemyJobStore(
-                    engine=create_engine(db_url),
+                    engine=create_engine(
+                        url=db_url,
+                        pool_size=self.db_pool_size(),
+                        max_overflow=0,
+                    ),
                     metadata=MetaData(schema=db_schema),
                 )
             }
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
index 69504f528..409a18d93 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ class Config(UpdateTrackingModel["Config"], BaseSettings):
         description="The name of the Google Cloud Storage bucket for media files",
     )
 
+    scheduler_db_pool_size: int = Field(
+        default=3,
+        description="The pool size for the scheduler database connection pool",
+    )
+
     @field_validator("platform_base_url", "frontend_base_url")
     @classmethod
     def validate_platform_base_url(cls, v: str, info: ValidationInfo) -> str: