diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de896756..ceeaddcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ $ xxd -g 2 -l 64 -p /dev/random | tr -d '\n'
 * `IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT` — the maximum duration (in seconds) for writing the response. Default: `10`;
 * `IMGPROXY_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT` — the maximum duration (in seconds) for downloading the source image. Default: `5`;
 * `IMGPROXY_CONCURRENCY` — the maximum number of image requests to be processed simultaneously. Default: double number of CPU cores;
-* `IMGPROXY_MAX_CLIENTS` — the maximum number of simultaneous active connections. Default: `IMGPROXY_CONCURRENCY * 5`;
+* `IMGPROXY_MAX_CLIENTS` — the maximum number of simultaneous active connections. Default: `IMGPROXY_CONCURRENCY * 10`;
 * `IMGPROXY_TTL` — duration in seconds sent in `Expires` and `Cache-Control: max-age` headers. Default: `3600` (1 hour);
-* `IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG` — when true, enables using [ETag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag) header for the cache control. Default: false; 
+* `IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG` — when true, enables using [ETag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag) header for the cache control. Default: false;
 * `IMGPROXY_LOCAL_FILESYSTEM_ROOT` — root of the local filesystem. See [Serving local files](#serving-local-files). Keep empty to disable serving of local files.
 
 #### Security
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ imgproxy supports only the most popular image formats of the moment: PNG, JPEG,
 
 ## Deployment
 
-There is a special endpoint `/health`, which returns HTTP Status `200 OK` after server successfully starts. This can be used to check container readiness.   
+There is a special endpoint `/health`, which returns HTTP Status `200 OK` after server successfully starts. This can be used to check container readiness.
 
 ## Author
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index be0af0da..bc28b835 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	if conf.MaxClients <= 0 {
-		conf.MaxClients = conf.Concurrency * 5
+		conf.MaxClients = conf.Concurrency * 10
 	}
 
 	if conf.TTL <= 0 {