diff --git a/graphite_beacon/alerts.py b/graphite_beacon/alerts.py
index 920efac..3fea839 100644
--- a/graphite_beacon/alerts.py
+++ b/graphite_beacon/alerts.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     'normal': 20,
 }
 
+hc.AsyncHTTPClient.configure(None, max_clients=100)
 
 class sliceable_deque(deque):