diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9a45298c..fd625f25 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -636,9 +636,15 @@ make_config! {
         /// Timeout when acquiring database connection
         database_timeout:       u64,    false,  def,    30;
 
-        /// Database connection pool size
+        /// Timeout in seconds before idle connections to the database are closed
+        database_idle_timeout:  u64,    false, def,     60;
+
+        /// Database connection max pool size
         database_max_conns:     u32,    false,  def,    10;
 
+        /// Database connection min pool size
+        database_min_conns:     u32,    false,  def,    2;
+
         /// Database connection init |> SQL statements to run when creating a new database connection, mainly useful for connection-scoped pragmas. If empty, a database-specific default is used.
         database_conn_init:     String, false,  def,    String::new();
 
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index ece6b597..9f5bb150 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ macro_rules! generate_connections {
                             let manager = ConnectionManager::new(&url);
                             let pool = Pool::builder()
                                 .max_size(CONFIG.database_max_conns())
+                                .min_idle(Some(CONFIG.database_min_conns()))
+                                .idle_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(CONFIG.database_idle_timeout())))
                                 .connection_timeout(Duration::from_secs(CONFIG.database_timeout()))
                                 .connection_customizer(Box::new(DbConnOptions{
                                     init_stmts: conn_type.get_init_stmts()