diff --git a/Containers/postgresql/start.sh b/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
index 7fb3b8f1..cef78c10 100644
--- a/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/postgresql/start.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ if [ -f "/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf" ]; then
     MEMORY=$(awk '/MemTotal/ {printf "%d", $2/1024}' /proc/meminfo)
     MAX_CONNECTIONS=$((MEMORY/50+3))
     if [ -n "$MAX_CONNECTIONS" ]; then
+        # 100 is the default, we do not want to go lower than this
+        if [ "$MAX_CONNECTIONS" -lt 100 ]; then
+            MAX_CONNECTIONS=100
+        fi
         sed -i "s|^max_connections =.*|max_connections = $MAX_CONNECTIONS|" "/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf"
     fi