diff --git a/sn_networking/src/driver.rs b/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
index 86dd6a373c..65d8449028 100644
--- a/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
+++ b/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
@@ -562,7 +562,13 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             .boxed();
 
         let relay_server = {
-            let relay_server_cfg = relay::Config::default();
+            let relay_server_cfg = relay::Config {
+                max_reservations: 128,             // Amount of peers we are relaying for
+                max_circuits: 1024, // The total amount of relayed connections at any given moment.
+                max_circuits_per_peer: 256, // Amount of relayed connections per peer (both dst and src)
+                circuit_src_rate_limiters: vec![], // No extra rate limiting for now
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
             libp2p::relay::Behaviour::new(peer_id, relay_server_cfg)
         };
 
diff --git a/sn_networking/src/relay_manager.rs b/sn_networking/src/relay_manager.rs
index 3bdbd9be60..ddd65b3745 100644
--- a/sn_networking/src/relay_manager.rs
+++ b/sn_networking/src/relay_manager.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use libp2p::{
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
 
-const MAX_CONCURRENT_RELAY_CONNECTIONS: usize = 2;
+const MAX_CONCURRENT_RELAY_CONNECTIONS: usize = 4;
 const MAX_POTENTIAL_CANDIDATES: usize = 1000;
 
 pub(crate) fn is_a_relayed_peer(addrs: &HashSet<Multiaddr>) -> bool {