diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9fed9832af..6b867412b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2315,6 +2315,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util 0.7.10",
+ "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "unindent",
 ]
@@ -3555,6 +3556,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util 0.7.10",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d8f9cad265..cfeeb941e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["compression-br", "compression-gzi
 rdkafka = { version = "0.33.2" }
 axum-jrpc = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["serde_json", "anyhow_error"] }
 ord-kafka-macros = { path = "ord-kafka-macros" }
+tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["limit"] }
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/subcommand/server.rs b/src/subcommand/server.rs
index de4cdba68f..691ba94cf7 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/server.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/server.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use {
   },
   std::{cmp::Ordering, str, sync::Arc},
   tokio_stream::StreamExt,
+  tower::limit::concurrency::ConcurrencyLimitLayer,
   tower_http::{
     compression::CompressionLayer,
     cors::{Any, CorsLayer},
@@ -172,11 +173,17 @@ pub(crate) struct Server {
     help = "Timeout requests after <SECONDS> seconds. Default: 30 seconds."
   )]
   timeout: Option<u64>,
+  #[clap(long, help = "Set max concurrent connections. Default: 1024")]
+  max_connections: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl Server {
   pub(crate) fn run(self, options: Options, index: Arc<Index>, handle: Handle) -> SubcommandResult {
     Runtime::new()?.block_on(async {
+      log::debug!(
+        "Starting server with {} max connections",
+        self.max_connections.unwrap_or(1024)
+      );
       let index_clone = index.clone();
 
       let index_thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
@@ -276,7 +283,14 @@ impl Server {
         .route("/tx/:txid", get(Self::transaction))
 
         // API routes
-        .route("/rpc/v1", post(rpc::handler))
+        .route("/rpc/v1", post(rpc::handler)
+          .route_layer(TimeoutLayer::new(Duration::from_secs(self.timeout.unwrap_or(30))))
+          .route_layer(
+            ConcurrencyLimitLayer::new(
+              self.max_connections.unwrap_or(1024),
+            )
+          )
+        )
         .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(middleware::tracing_layer))
         .layer(Extension(index))
         .layer(Extension(page_config))
@@ -295,7 +309,6 @@ impl Server {
             .allow_origin(Any),
         )
         .layer(CompressionLayer::new())
-        .layer(TimeoutLayer::new(Duration::from_secs(self.timeout.unwrap_or(30))))
         .with_state(server_config);
 
       match (self.http_port(), self.https_port()) {