diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d056654f9..f62ecb411 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ port ?= 7860
 env ?= .env
 open_browser ?= true
 path = src/backend/base/langflow/frontend
+workers ?= 1
 
 codespell:
 	@poetry install --with spelling
@@ -144,10 +145,10 @@ backend:
 	@-kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:7860)
 ifdef login
 	@echo "Running backend autologin is $(login)";
-	LANGFLOW_AUTO_LOGIN=$(login) poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env --loop asyncio
+	LANGFLOW_AUTO_LOGIN=$(login) poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env --loop asyncio --workers $(workers)
 else
 	@echo "Running backend respecting the .env file";
-	poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env  --loop asyncio
+	poetry run uvicorn --factory langflow.main:create_app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7860 --reload --env-file .env  --loop asyncio --workers $(workers)
 endif
 
 build_and_run:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 146cd5d66..e0978b558 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4365,7 +4365,7 @@ rich = "^13.7.0"
 sqlmodel = "^0.0.18"
 typer = "^0.12.0"
 uncurl = "^0.0.11"
-uvicorn = "^0.29.0"
+uvicorn = "^0.30.0"
 websockets = "*"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -6834,17 +6834,17 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0,<4.7.0 || >4.7.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-settings"
-version = "2.2.1"
+version = "2.3.0"
 description = "Settings management using Pydantic"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0235391d26db4d2190cb9b31051c4b46882d28a51533f97440867f012d4da091"},
-    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:00b9f6a5e95553590434c0fa01ead0b216c3e10bc54ae02e37f359948643c5ed"},
+    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:26eeed27370a9c5e3f64e4a7d6602573cbedf05ed940f1d5b11c3f178427af7a"},
+    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:78db28855a71503cfe47f39500a1dece523c640afd5280edb5c5c9c9cfa534c9"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-pydantic = ">=2.3.0"
+pydantic = ">=2.7.0"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.21.0"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -9230,13 +9230,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uvicorn"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.1"
 description = "The lightning-fast ASGI server."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "uvicorn-0.29.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2c2aac7ff4f4365c206fd773a39bf4ebd1047c238f8b8268ad996829323473de"},
-    {file = "uvicorn-0.29.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6a69214c0b6a087462412670b3ef21224fa48cae0e452b5883e8e8bdfdd11dd0"},
+    {file = "uvicorn-0.30.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cd17daa7f3b9d7a24de3617820e634d0933b69eed8e33a516071174427238c81"},
+    {file = "uvicorn-0.30.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d46cd8e0fd80240baffbcd9ec1012a712938754afcf81bce56c024c1656aece8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
index ced22c331..0aedce495 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class OpenAIModelComponent(LCModelComponent):
         self,
         input_value: Text,
         openai_api_key: str,
-        temperature: Optional[float] = 0.1,
+        temperature: float = 0.1,
         model_name: str = "gpt-4o",
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = 256,
         model_kwargs: NestedDict = {},
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/factory.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/factory.py
index 7f7a142b5..f9c269f12 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/factory.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/factory.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ class DatabaseServiceFactory(ServiceFactory):
         # Here you would have logic to create and configure a DatabaseService
         if not settings_service.settings.database_url:
             raise ValueError("No database URL provided")
-        return DatabaseService(settings_service.settings.database_url)
+        return DatabaseService(settings_service)
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/service.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/service.py
index 674c6c645..cf3795610 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/service.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/database/service.py
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ from langflow.services.utils import teardown_superuser
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 
+    from langflow.services.settings.service import SettingsService
+
 
 class DatabaseService(Service):
     name = "database_service"
 
-    def __init__(self, database_url: str):
-        self.database_url = database_url
+    def __init__(self, settings_service: "SettingsService"):
+        self.settings_service = settings_service
+        if settings_service.settings.database_url is None:
+            raise ValueError("No database URL provided")
+        self.database_url: str = settings_service.settings.database_url
         # This file is in langflow.services.database.manager.py
         # the ini is in langflow
         langflow_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
@@ -41,7 +46,12 @@ class DatabaseService(Service):
             connect_args = {"check_same_thread": False}
         else:
             connect_args = {}
-        return create_engine(self.database_url, connect_args=connect_args)
+        return create_engine(
+            self.database_url,
+            connect_args=connect_args,
+            pool_size=self.settings_service.settings.pool_size,
+            max_overflow=self.settings_service.settings.max_overflow,
+        )
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self._session = Session(self.engine)
@@ -267,3 +277,4 @@ class DatabaseService(Service):
             logger.error(f"Error tearing down database: {exc}")
 
         self.engine.dispose()
+        self.engine.dispose()
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/settings/base.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/settings/base.py
index 0f9d0d029..4f50cb756 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/settings/base.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
     dev: bool = False
     database_url: Optional[str] = None
+    """Database URL for Langflow. If not provided, Langflow will use a SQLite database."""
+    pool_size: int = 10
+    """The number of connections to keep open in the connection pool. If not provided, the default is 10."""
+    max_overflow: int = 10
+    """The number of connections to allow that can be opened beyond the pool size. If not provided, the default is 10."""
     cache_type: str = "async"
     remove_api_keys: bool = False
     components_path: List[str] = []
diff --git a/src/backend/base/poetry.lock b/src/backend/base/poetry.lock
index 55aee39bf..324dccc72 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/poetry.lock
+++ b/src/backend/base/poetry.lock
@@ -2214,17 +2214,17 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0,<4.7.0 || >4.7.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-settings"
-version = "2.2.1"
+version = "2.3.0"
 description = "Settings management using Pydantic"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0235391d26db4d2190cb9b31051c4b46882d28a51533f97440867f012d4da091"},
-    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:00b9f6a5e95553590434c0fa01ead0b216c3e10bc54ae02e37f359948643c5ed"},
+    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:26eeed27370a9c5e3f64e4a7d6602573cbedf05ed940f1d5b11c3f178427af7a"},
+    {file = "pydantic_settings-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:78db28855a71503cfe47f39500a1dece523c640afd5280edb5c5c9c9cfa534c9"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-pydantic = ">=2.3.0"
+pydantic = ">=2.7.0"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.21.0"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -2890,13 +2890,13 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uvicorn"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.1"
 description = "The lightning-fast ASGI server."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "uvicorn-0.29.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2c2aac7ff4f4365c206fd773a39bf4ebd1047c238f8b8268ad996829323473de"},
-    {file = "uvicorn-0.29.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6a69214c0b6a087462412670b3ef21224fa48cae0e452b5883e8e8bdfdd11dd0"},
+    {file = "uvicorn-0.30.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cd17daa7f3b9d7a24de3617820e634d0933b69eed8e33a516071174427238c81"},
+    {file = "uvicorn-0.30.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d46cd8e0fd80240baffbcd9ec1012a712938754afcf81bce56c024c1656aece8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3265,4 +3265,4 @@ local = []
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "1dc0dd442df5d174ea85c859208f5cfea9d4785c7b7a93f2c6bf8c92e93d8cad"
+content-hash = "48a7355a7096e763b75315d0704bed8f4d8134a33553e62bc305a686b9e72803"
diff --git a/src/backend/base/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/base/pyproject.toml
index 3dc50f617..3d80fe194 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/base/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ langflow-base = "langflow.__main__:main"
 python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
 fastapi = "^0.111.0"
 httpx = "*"
-uvicorn = "^0.29.0"
+uvicorn = "^0.30.0"
 gunicorn = "^22.0.0"
 langchain = "~0.2.0"
 langchainhub = "~0.1.15"