diff --git a/utils/cache_config.py b/utils/cache_config.py
index 1be2cb7..ceaa0ad 100644
--- a/utils/cache_config.py
+++ b/utils/cache_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Import the os module to interact with the operating system
 import os
 
+# Import redis so we can configure a connection pool
+from redis import ConnectionPool
+
 # Import the load_dotenv function from the python-dotenv module
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 # Call the load_dotenv function to load environment variables from a .env file
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # Get the value of the REDIS_IP environment variable
 REDIS_IP = os.getenv("REDIS_IP")
+pool = ConnectionPool(host=REDIS_IP, port=6379, max_connections=20, timeout=5)
 
 # Define a dictionary to hold the configuration for the cache
 cache_config = {
@@ -20,5 +24,7 @@
     # Specify the port for the Redis server
     'CACHE_REDIS_PORT': '6379',
     # Specify a prefix for all keys stored in the cache
-    'CACHE_KEY_PREFIX': 'kev_'
+    'CACHE_KEY_PREFIX': 'kev_',
+    # Specify the Redis connection pool
+    'CACHE_REDIS_CONNECTION_POOL': pool
 }