diff --git a/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee b/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
index ca0b0aaf74..2aea7945d8 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
+++ b/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+http = require('http')
+http.globalAgent.maxSockets = 300
 settings = require("settings-sharelatex")
 request = require("request")
 logger = require("logger-sharelatex")