diff --git a/demo/grouper/grouper_data/Dockerfile b/demo/grouper/grouper_data/Dockerfile
index f12245e..53f0ad1 100644
--- a/demo/grouper/grouper_data/Dockerfile
+++ b/demo/grouper/grouper_data/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ RUN yum install -y epel-release \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY container_files/conf/ /opt/grouper/grouper.apiBinary/conf/
+COPY container_files/mysql/max_connections.cnf /etc/my.cnf.d/max_connections.cnf
 
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/resolveip /usr/libexec/resolveip
 
diff --git a/demo/grouper/grouper_data/container_files/mysql/max_connections.cnf b/demo/grouper/grouper_data/container_files/mysql/max_connections.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41002ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/grouper/grouper_data/container_files/mysql/max_connections.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[mysqld]
+max_connections=5000