diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index abcf0a2..e3450b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-threadpool = "1.0"
+rusty_pool = "0.6.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
 openssl = {version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"]}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9feac3e..ea96209 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::thread;
 
 use openssl::ssl::{SslAcceptor, SslFiletype, SslMethod};
-use threadpool::ThreadPool;
+use rusty_pool;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 mod database;
 mod http;
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ fn main() {
 
     database::init();
 
-    let thread_pool = ThreadPool::new(256);
+    let thread_pool = rusty_pool::Builder::new()
+        .core_size(4)
+        .max_size(1024)
+        .keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(60 * 60))
+        .build();
     let thread_pool_mutex = Arc::new(Mutex::new(thread_pool));
 
     let mut threads = Vec::new();