diff --git a/roles/aurweb/templates/aurweb.service.j2 b/roles/aurweb/templates/aurweb.service.j2
index 19aa621cbb0507b88351ec210ad81f25d436bb7f..71fe5e9acf2b24599b69e2923d236cb88d8b386e 100644
--- a/roles/aurweb/templates/aurweb.service.j2
+++ b/roles/aurweb/templates/aurweb.service.j2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RuntimeDirectory={{ aurweb_prom_dir }}
 Environment=PROMETHEUS_MULTIPROC_DIR=/run/{{ aurweb_prom_dir }}
 User={{ aurweb_user }}
 WorkingDirectory={{ aurweb_dir }}
+LimitNOFILE=2048
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/poetry run gunicorn \
     --log-config {{ aurweb_dir }}/logging.conf \
     --bind {{ aurweb_asgi_bind }} \