diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78235e6..66dae0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ To run the compose configuration, use the following command:
 ```bash
 docker compose -f compose.yaml up
 # OR
-docker compose -f compose.prod.yaml up
+docker compose -f compose.prod.yaml --profile observability up
 ```
 
-Thats it, project is already preconfigured for running, so no changes before running this are required.
+That's it, project is already preconfigured for running, so no changes before running this are required.
 
 ## Linting && formatting
 
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ Example run:
 
 System metrics (gc, requests, etc.) and several business metrics (`lotty_decide_requests_total`, `lotty_events_ingested_total`).
 
+### OTEL
+
+You can enable full observability for backend by setting `OTEL_ENABLED=True` in `.env`, also you need to run `compose.prod.yaml` with `observability` profile in order to deploy full observability stack
+
 ## Load testing (k6)
 
 Reproducible k6 profile for `POST /api/v1/decide`:
diff --git a/deploy/compose/compose.backend.yaml b/deploy/compose/compose.backend.yaml
index 904d327..cc79771 100644
--- a/deploy/compose/compose.backend.yaml
+++ b/deploy/compose/compose.backend.yaml
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ services:
         - lotty-backend:latest
       pull: true
     entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
-    command: ["celery -A config worker -l INFO"]
+    command:
+      [
+        "celery -A config worker -l INFO --concurrency=${CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY:-8}",
+      ]
     depends_on:
       valkey:
         restart: false
diff --git a/infrastructure/configs/backend/.env.template b/infrastructure/configs/backend/.env.template
index 05c947d..2c11a7c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/configs/backend/.env.template
+++ b/infrastructure/configs/backend/.env.template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ DJANGO_LANGUAGE_CODE=en-us
 DJANGO_STATIC_URL=static/
 REDIS_URI=redis://default:valkey@valkey:6379
 DJANGO_DB_URI=postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgresql/postgres
-DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE=300
+DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE=60
+DJANGO_CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS=True
 DJANGO_SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER=
 
 DJANGO_CREATE_SUPERUSER=True
@@ -37,3 +38,5 @@ GUNICORN_BIND=0.0.0.0:8080
 GUNICORN_WORKER_CLASS=uvicorn_worker.UvicornWorker
 GUNICORN_ACCESS_LOG=-
 GUNICORN_ERROR_LOG=-
+
+CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY=8
diff --git a/infrastructure/configs/postgresql/postgresql.conf b/infrastructure/configs/postgresql/postgresql.conf
index d3e5b61..49442be 100644
--- a/infrastructure/configs/postgresql/postgresql.conf
+++ b/infrastructure/configs/postgresql/postgresql.conf
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ listen_addresses = '*'                  # what IP address(es) to listen on;
                                         # defaults to 'localhost'; use '*' for all
                                         # (change requires restart)
 #port = 5432                            # (change requires restart)
-max_connections = 400                   # (change requires restart)
+max_connections = 500                   # (change requires restart)
 #reserved_connections = 0               # (change requires restart)
 #superuser_reserved_connections = 3     # (change requires restart)
 #unix_socket_directories = '/tmp'       # comma-separated list of directories
diff --git a/infrastructure/configs/victoriametrics/vmagent.yaml b/infrastructure/configs/victoriametrics/vmagent.yaml
index 63f4fa0..322cb76 100644
--- a/infrastructure/configs/victoriametrics/vmagent.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/configs/victoriametrics/vmagent.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ scrape_configs:
     static_configs:
       - targets:
           - caddy:8404
+  - job_name: backend
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - backend:8080
diff --git a/src/backend/.env.template b/src/backend/.env.template
index 38a5d58..d8b468b 100644
--- a/src/backend/.env.template
+++ b/src/backend/.env.template
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ DJANGO_LANGUAGE_CODE=en-us
 DJANGO_STATIC_URL=static/
 REDIS_URI=
 DJANGO_DB_URI=sqlite:///db.sqlite3
-DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE=300
+DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE=60
+DJANGO_CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS=True
 DECISION_RESULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS=60
 DECISION_WRITE_MODE=sync
 DJANGO_SILKY_ENABLED=False
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ GUNICORN_BIND=0.0.0.0:8080
 GUNICORN_WORKER_CLASS=uvicorn_worker.UvicornWorker
 GUNICORN_ACCESS_LOG=-
 GUNICORN_ERROR_LOG=-
+CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY=8
 
 RUN_MIGRATIONS=False
 COLLECT_STATIC=False
diff --git a/src/backend/config/settings/base.py b/src/backend/config/settings/base.py
index 7dd1dcf..1a71fdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/config/settings/base.py
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ DB_URI["ENGINE"] = DB_URI["ENGINE"].replace(
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         **DB_URI,
-        "CONN_MAX_AGE": env.int("DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE", default=300),
+        "CONN_MAX_AGE": env.int("DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE", default=60),
+        "CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS": env.bool(
+            "DJANGO_CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS", default=True
+        ),
     }
 }