diff --git a/golpe b/golpe
index dd543e3..92cd3de 160000
--- a/golpe
+++ b/golpe
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dd543e3fef89e976db92b6b4420bdac6fa2e2257
+Subproject commit 92cd3de18d2e7b464bc5965565a72d64654712b2
diff --git a/golpe.yaml b/golpe.yaml
index d315211..9603fdb 100644
--- a/golpe.yaml
+++ b/golpe.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ appName: strfry
 quadrable: true
 onAppStartup: true
 useGlobalH: true
+customLMDBSetup: true
 
 flatBuffers: |
     include "../fbs/nostr-index.fbs";
@@ -83,10 +84,19 @@ tablesRaw:
 
 config:
   - name: db
-    desc: "Directory that contains strfry database"
+    desc: "Directory that contains the strfry LMDB database"
     default: "./strfry-db/"
     noReload: true
 
+  - name: dbParams__maxreaders
+    desc: "Maximum number of threads/processes that can simultaneously have LMDB transactions open"
+    default: 256
+    noReload: true
+  - name: dbParams__mapsize
+    desc: "Size of mmap() to use when loading LMDB (does *not* correspond to disk-space used, default is 10TB)"
+    default: 10995116277760
+    noReload: true
+
   - name: relay__bind
     desc: "Interface to listen on. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces"
     default: "127.0.0.1"