diff --git a/hosts/appview/services/nginx.nix b/hosts/appview/services/nginx.nix
index 10d3310..721f7a2 100644
--- a/hosts/appview/services/nginx.nix
+++ b/hosts/appview/services/nginx.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
 in {
   services.nginx = {
     enable = true;
+    prependConfig = ''
+      worker_processes auto;
+      worker_rlimit_nofile 65536;
+    '';
     eventsConfig = ''
-      worker_connections 1024;
+      worker_connections 16384;
     '';
     # bot blocking
     appendHttpConfig = ''
@@ -182,6 +186,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.LimitNOFILE = 65536;
+
   # Open firewall ports
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [80 443 2222 22 3333];