diff --git a/nitter.conf b/nitter.conf
index d6d860b..7858a89 100644
--- a/nitter.conf
+++ b/nitter.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 address = "0.0.0.0"
 port = 8080
 https = false  # disable to enable cookies when not using https
+httpMaxConnections = 100
 staticDir = "./public"
 title = "nitter"
 hostname = "nitter.net"
diff --git a/src/config.nim b/src/config.nim
index f24e9aa..97a43d5 100644
--- a/src/config.nim
+++ b/src/config.nim
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ proc getConfig*(path: string): (Config, parseCfg.Config) =
     address: cfg.get("Server", "address", "0.0.0.0"),
     port: cfg.get("Server", "port", 8080),
     useHttps: cfg.get("Server", "https", true),
+    httpMaxConns: cfg.get("Server", "httpMaxConnections", 100),
+
     title: cfg.get("Server", "title", "Nitter"),
     hostname: cfg.get("Server", "hostname", "nitter.net"),
     staticDir: cfg.get("Server", "staticDir", "./public"),
diff --git a/src/nitter.nim b/src/nitter.nim
index 3eee87b..20cf8df 100644
--- a/src/nitter.nim
+++ b/src/nitter.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncdispatch, strformat
 from net import Port
 from htmlgen import a
+from os import getEnv
 
 import jester
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import routes/[
 
 const instancesUrl = "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances"
 
-const configPath {.strdefine.} = "./nitter.conf"
+let configPath = getEnv("NITTER_CONF_FILE", "./nitter.conf")
 let (cfg, fullCfg) = getConfig(configPath)
 
 when defined(release):
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ updateDefaultPrefs(fullCfg)
 setCacheTimes(cfg)
 setHmacKey(cfg.hmacKey)
 setProxyEncoding(cfg.base64Media)
-setMaxHttpConns(100)
+setMaxHttpConns(cfg.httpMaxConns)
 
 waitFor initRedisPool(cfg)
 stdout.write &"Connected to Redis at {cfg.redisHost}:{cfg.redisPort}\n"
diff --git a/src/types.nim b/src/types.nim
index 00df8fd..de3d325 100644
--- a/src/types.nim
+++ b/src/types.nim
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ type
     address*: string
     port*: int
     useHttps*: bool
+    httpMaxConns*: int
     title*: string
     hostname*: string
     staticDir*: string