diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 6ba9220..724056e 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 import Config
 
 config :ocrlot,
-  generators: [timestamp_type: :utc_datetime]
+  generators: [timestamp_type: :utc_datetime],
+  # Each worker can take ~120Mib
+  extractor_max_workers: String.to_integer(System.get_env("EXTRACTOR_MAX_WORKERS") || "1")
 
 # Configures the endpoint
 config :ocrlot, OcrlotWeb.Endpoint,
diff --git a/lib/ocrlot/extractor/worker_pool.ex b/lib/ocrlot/extractor/worker_pool.ex
index 4ec6552..e9d8a27 100644
--- a/lib/ocrlot/extractor/worker_pool.ex
+++ b/lib/ocrlot/extractor/worker_pool.ex
@@ -50,7 +50,5 @@ defmodule Ocrlot.Extractor.WorkerPool do
 
   defp round_robin(0), do: {:error, :no_workers_available}
 
-  # defp max_children(), do: Application.fetch_env!(:guava, :concurent_task_limit)
-  def max_children(), do: 3
-  # defp max_retries(), do: 3
+  defp max_children(), do: Application.fetch_env!(:ocrlot, :extractor_max_workers) |> dbg()
 end