diff --git a/Configuration.cs b/Configuration.cs
index 48503a7..aff4457 100644
--- a/Configuration.cs
+++ b/Configuration.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Configuration {
         SqlDatabase = ReadConfKey<string?>(jc, nameof(SqlDatabase), false);
         SqlUsername = ReadConfKey<string>(jc, nameof(SqlUsername), true);
         SqlPassword = ReadConfKey<string>(jc, nameof(SqlPassword), true);
-        SqlApplicationName = $"ClientShard{ShardStart}+{ShardAmount}";
+        SqlApplicationName = $"Shard{ShardStart:00}-{ShardStart + ShardAmount - 1:00}";
     }
 
     private static T? ReadConfKey<T>(JObject jc, string key, [DoesNotReturnIf(true)] bool failOnEmpty) {
diff --git a/Data/BotDatabaseContext.cs b/Data/BotDatabaseContext.cs
index 2fc2616..18e11a9 100644
--- a/Data/BotDatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/Data/BotDatabaseContext.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ public class BotDatabaseContext : DbContext {
             Username = conf.SqlUsername,
             Password = conf.SqlPassword,
             ApplicationName = conf.SqlApplicationName,
-            MaxPoolSize = Math.Max((int)Math.Ceiling(conf.ShardAmount * 2 * 0.6), 8)
+
+            // Let's see if this works?
+            ConnectionIdleLifetime = 60,
+            MaxPoolSize = Math.Max(
+                (int)Math.Ceiling(conf.ShardAmount * 2 * 0.75),
+                (int)Math.Ceiling(ShardManager.MaxConcurrentOperations * 2.5))
         }.ToString();
     }
 
diff --git a/ShardManager.cs b/ShardManager.cs
index dda1d6b..cd09a00 100644
--- a/ShardManager.cs
+++ b/ShardManager.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 global using Discord;
 global using Discord.WebSocket;
-using BirthdayBot.BackgroundServices;
 using Discord.Interactions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using System.Text;
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@ class ShardManager : IDisposable {
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Number of concurrent shard startups to happen on each check.
-    /// This value is also used in <see cref="DataRetention"/>.
+    /// This value also determines the maximum amount of concurrent background database operations.
     /// </summary>
-    public const int MaxConcurrentOperations = 4;
+    public const int MaxConcurrentOperations = 3;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Amount of time without a completed background service run before a shard instance