diff --git a/openbis/dist/server/service.properties b/openbis/dist/server/service.properties
index 8668b0c537f2bcbaad853bdf4ef8ef2059923848..96e6837070f44e7dec65f262693b8846249d3206 100644
--- a/openbis/dist/server/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/dist/server/service.properties
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ database.owner-password =
 # Superuser of the database. Default: database-dependent.
 database.admin-user = 
 database.admin-password =
-# Max. number of active database connections. Default: 100. 
+# Max. number of active database connections. Default: 20. 
 database.max-active-connections =
-# Max. number of idle database connections to keep open. Default: 100.  
+# Max. number of idle database connections to keep open. Default: 20.  
 database.max-idle-connections = 
 # Log interval (in seconds) between two regular log entries of the number of active database 
 # connections. Default: 3600s.
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/service.properties b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
index 55a540ff91c5b4ba7940766678638c130eaf408d..f4cf1a687398fa861c5f345b13d2114d926b1ffa 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ database.admin-password =
 # Max time (in seconds) to wait for a connection to become available before throwing an exception.
 # Default: 60s, set to -1 to wait indefinitely.
 database.max-wait-for-connection = 
-# Max. number of active database connections. Default: 100. 
+# Max. number of active database connections. Default: 20. 
 database.max-active-connections =
-# Max. number of idle database connections to keep open. Default: 100.  
+# Max. number of idle database connections to keep open. Default: 20.  
 database.max-idle-connections = 
 # Log interval (in seconds) between two regular log entries of the number of active database 
 # connections. Default: 3600s.