diff --git a/lib/api/consumers/export-to-exploitation-db-consumer.js b/lib/api/consumers/export-to-exploitation-db-consumer.js
index 9559fc7f..c7e32274 100644
--- a/lib/api/consumers/export-to-exploitation-db-consumer.js
+++ b/lib/api/consumers/export-to-exploitation-db-consumer.js
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ export default async function exportToExploitationDB({data}) {
   })
 
   try {
-    // Then start your transaction
-    const transaction = await sequelize.transaction({
-      isolationLevel: Transaction.ISOLATION_LEVELS.REPEATABLE_READ
-    })
-    // Find the district
     const district = await District.findOne({
       where: {id: districtID},
       transaction,
diff --git a/lib/util/sequelize.js b/lib/util/sequelize.js
index b65eb6e8..f3946e92 100644
--- a/lib/util/sequelize.js
+++ b/lib/util/sequelize.js
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ const {POSTGRES_BAN_USER, POSTGRES_BAN_PASSWORD, POSTGRES_DB, POSTGRES_URL} = pr
 const POSTGRES_PORT = process.env.POSTGRES_PORT || 5432
 
 // Create a new Sequelize instance
+/* eslint-disable unicorn/numeric-separators-style */
 export const sequelize = new Sequelize(POSTGRES_DB, POSTGRES_BAN_USER, POSTGRES_BAN_PASSWORD, {
   host: POSTGRES_URL,
   port: POSTGRES_PORT,
   dialect: 'postgres',
-  logging: false
+  logging: false,
+  pool: {
+    max: 20,
+    min: 0,
+    acquire: 60000,
+    idle: 5000
+  }
 })
-
+/* eslint-enable unicorn/numeric-separators-style */
 export const District = sequelize.define('District', {
   id: {
     type: DataTypes.UUID,