diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 7dcc26b..27f0fba 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ val testcontainersVersion = "0.41.0"
 Global / onChangedBuildSource := ReloadOnSourceChanges
 
 ThisBuild / licenses         := Seq("Apache-2.0" -> url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"))
-ThisBuild / scalaVersion     := "3.3.1"
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion     := "3.3.3"
 // ThisBuild / version          := "0.0.1"
 ThisBuild / organization     := "org.mbari"
 ThisBuild / organizationName := "Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute"
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 73f9a7d..8f66b8a 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ object Dependencies {
   lazy val jansi   = "org.fusesource.jansi" % "jansi"    % "2.4.0"
   lazy val javaJwt = "com.auth0"            % "java-jwt" % "4.4.0"
 
-  val logbackVersion      = "1.5.0"
+  val logbackVersion      = "1.5.3"
   lazy val logbackClassic = "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % logbackVersion
   lazy val logbackCore    = "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-core"    % logbackVersion
 
   lazy val mssqlJdbc  = "com.microsoft.sqlserver" % "mssql-jdbc" % "12.6.1.jre11"
   lazy val munit      = "org.scalameta"          %% "munit"      % "1.0.0-M11"
   lazy val oracleJdbc = "com.oracle.ojdbc"        % "ojdbc8"     % "19.3.0.0"
-  lazy val postgresql = "org.postgresql"          % "postgresql" % "42.7.2"
+  lazy val postgresql = "org.postgresql"          % "postgresql" % "42.7.3"
   lazy val scalatest  = "org.scalatest"          %% "scalatest"  % "3.2.18"
 
   val slf4jVersion     = "2.0.12"
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ object Dependencies {
   lazy val slf4jLog4j  = "org.slf4j" % "log4j-over-slf4j"           % slf4jVersion
   lazy val slf4jSystem = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-jdk-platform-logging" % slf4jVersion
 
-  private val tapirVersion = "1.9.10"
-  lazy val tapirSttpCirce  = "com.softwaremill.sttp.client3" %% "circe"                    % "3.9.3"
+  private val tapirVersion = "1.10.0"
+  lazy val tapirSttpCirce  = "com.softwaremill.sttp.client3" %% "circe"                    % "3.9.5"
   lazy val tapirCirce      = "com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir"   %% "tapir-json-circe"         % tapirVersion
   lazy val tapirPrometheus = "com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir"   %% "tapir-prometheus-metrics" % tapirVersion
   lazy val tapirServerStub = "com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir"   %% "tapir-sttp-stub-server"   % tapirVersion
   lazy val tapirSwagger    = "com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir"   %% "tapir-swagger-ui-bundle"  % tapirVersion
   lazy val tapirVertex     = "com.softwaremill.sttp.tapir"   %% "tapir-vertx-server"       % tapirVersion
 
-  val testcontainersVersion        = "1.19.6"
+  val testcontainersVersion        = "1.19.7"
   lazy val testcontainersCore      = "org.testcontainers" % "testcontainers" % testcontainersVersion
   lazy val testcontainersSqlserver = "org.testcontainers" % "mssqlserver"    % testcontainersVersion
   lazy val testcontainersOracle    = "org.testcontainers" % "oracle-xe"      % testcontainersVersion
diff --git a/vampire-squid/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/vampire-squid/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index a081101..b99b679 100644
--- a/vampire-squid/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/vampire-squid/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
         <class>org.mbari.vampiresquid.repository.jpa.entity.VideoReferenceEntity</class>
         <properties>
             <property name="hibernate.batch_versioned_data" value="true" />
-            <property name="hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize" value="6" />
-            <property name="hibernate.hikari.minimumIdle" value="2" />
+            <!-- <property name="hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize" value="6" />
+            <property name="hibernate.hikari.minimumIdle" value="2" /> -->
             <!-- <property name="hibernate.jdbc.batch_size" value="100" />
             <property name="hibernate.order_updates" value="true" /> -->
             <property name="jakarta.persistence.provider" value="org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider" />
diff --git a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/AppConfig.scala b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/AppConfig.scala
index 6e82a5d..eed624c 100644
--- a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/AppConfig.scala
+++ b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/AppConfig.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ object AppConfig:
 
     val Description: String = "Video Asset Manager"
 
+    val NumberOfVertxWorkers: Int = 20
+
     private lazy val Config = ConfigFactory.load()
 
     lazy val JwtParameters: JwtParams =
diff --git a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/Main.scala b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/Main.scala
index debe17f..dc7cc6b 100644
--- a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/Main.scala
+++ b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/Main.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import sttp.tapir.server.interceptor.log.ServerLog
 import org.mbari.vampiresquid.etc.jdk.Logging
 import org.mbari.vampiresquid.etc.jdk.Logging.{*, given}
 import sttp.tapir.server.interceptor.log.DefaultServerLog
+import io.vertx.core.VertxOptions
 
 @main
 def run(): Unit =
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ def run(): Unit =
 
     val port = sys.env.get("HTTP_PORT").flatMap(_.toIntOption).getOrElse(8080)
 
-    val vertx  = Vertx.vertx()
+    val vertx  = Vertx.vertx(new VertxOptions().setWorkerPoolSize(AppConfig.NumberOfVertxWorkers))
+    // val vertx  = Vertx.vertx()
     val server = vertx.createHttpServer()
     val router = Router.router(vertx)
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ def run(): Unit =
 
     router
         .getRoutes()
-        .forEach(r => log.atDebug.log(f"Adding route: ${r.methods()}%8s ${r.getPath}%s"))
+        .forEach(r => log.atInfo.log(f"Adding route: ${r.methods()}%8s ${r.getPath}%s"))
 
     // val program = for
     //     binding <- server.requestHandler(router).listen(port).asScala
diff --git a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/repository/jpa/EntityManagerFactories.scala b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/repository/jpa/EntityManagerFactories.scala
index 73c41d4..192b3de 100644
--- a/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/repository/jpa/EntityManagerFactories.scala
+++ b/vampire-squid/src/main/scala/org/mbari/vampiresquid/repository/jpa/EntityManagerFactories.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import java.lang.System.Logger.Level
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
 import org.mbari.vampiresquid.etc.jdk.Logging.{given, *}
+import org.mbari.vampiresquid.AppConfig
 
 /**
  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4106078/dynamic-jpa-connection
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ object EntityManagerFactories:
         "hibernate.connection.provider_class" -> "org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider",
         "hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"              -> "validate",
         "hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout"        -> "30000",
-        "hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize"    -> "16",
+        "hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize"    -> s"${AppConfig.NumberOfVertxWorkers}", 
         "hibernate.hikari.minimumIdle"        -> "2"
     )