diff --git a/api/Dockerfile.alerts b/api/Dockerfile.alerts
index c4614b3c1..fdc3a9a36 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile.alerts
+++ b/api/Dockerfile.alerts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN apk upgrade busybox --no-cache --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/al
 RUN apk add --no-cache build-base tini
 ARG envarg
 ENV APP_NAME=alerts \
-    pg_minconn=2 \
+    pg_minconn=1 \
     pg_maxconn=10 \
     ENTERPRISE_BUILD=${envarg}
 
diff --git a/api/chalicelib/utils/pg_client.py b/api/chalicelib/utils/pg_client.py
index 014cfaeee..66f06f3e5 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/utils/pg_client.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/utils/pg_client.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ RETRY = 0
 
 
 def make_pool():
+    if not config('PG_POOL', cast=bool, default=True):
+        return
     global postgreSQL_pool
     global RETRY
     if postgreSQL_pool is not None:
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ def make_pool():
             raise error
 
 
-make_pool()
+if config('PG_POOL', cast=bool, default=True):
+    make_pool()
 
 
 class PostgresClient:
@@ -87,8 +90,14 @@ class PostgresClient:
         elif long_query:
             long_config = dict(_PG_CONFIG)
             long_config["application_name"] += "-LONG"
-            long_config["options"] = f"-c statement_timeout={config('pg_long_timeout', cast=int, default=5 * 60) * 1000}"
+            long_config["options"] = f"-c statement_timeout=" \
+                                     f"{config('pg_long_timeout', cast=int, default=5 * 60) * 1000}"
             self.connection = psycopg2.connect(**long_config)
+        elif not config('PG_POOL', cast=bool, default=True):
+            single_config = dict(_PG_CONFIG)
+            single_config["application_name"] += "-NOPOOL"
+            single_config["options"] = f"-c statement_timeout={config('pg_timeout', cast=int, default=3 * 60) * 1000}"
+            self.connection = psycopg2.connect(**single_config)
         else:
             self.connection = postgreSQL_pool.getconn()
 
@@ -105,13 +114,18 @@ class PostgresClient:
                 self.connection.close()
         except Exception as error:
             print("Error while committing/closing PG-connection", error)
-            if str(error) == "connection already closed" and not self.long_query and not self.unlimited_query:
+            if str(error) == "connection already closed" \
+                    and not self.long_query \
+                    and not self.unlimited_query \
+                    and config('PG_POOL', cast=bool, default=True):
                 print("Recreating the connexion pool")
                 make_pool()
             else:
                 raise error
         finally:
-            if not self.long_query and not self.unlimited_query:
+            if config('PG_POOL', cast=bool, default=True) \
+                    and not self.long_query \
+                    and not self.unlimited_query:
                 postgreSQL_pool.putconn(self.connection)
 
 
diff --git a/api/env.default b/api/env.default
index aa14fc993..01ad50606 100644
--- a/api/env.default
+++ b/api/env.default
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pg_minconn=20
 pg_maxconn=50
 PG_RETRY_MAX=50
 PG_RETRY_INTERVAL=2
+PG_POOL=true
 put_S3_TTL=20
 sentryURL=
 sessions_bucket=mobs
diff --git a/ee/api/Dockerfile.alerts b/ee/api/Dockerfile.alerts
index 785b0a5f9..86a5915cd 100644
--- a/ee/api/Dockerfile.alerts
+++ b/ee/api/Dockerfile.alerts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN apk upgrade busybox --no-cache --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/al
 RUN apk add --no-cache build-base tini
 ARG envarg
 ENV APP_NAME=alerts \
-    pg_minconn=2 \
+    pg_minconn=1 \
     pg_maxconn=10 \
     ENTERPRISE_BUILD=${envarg}
 
diff --git a/ee/api/Dockerfile.crons b/ee/api/Dockerfile.crons
index 0647c6fc6..a139cea80 100644
--- a/ee/api/Dockerfile.crons
+++ b/ee/api/Dockerfile.crons
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ENV APP_NAME=crons \
     pg_minconn=2 \
     pg_maxconn=10 \
     ENTERPRISE_BUILD=${envarg} \
-    ACTION=""
+    ACTION="" \
+    PG_POOL=false
 
 WORKDIR /work_tmp
 COPY requirements-crons.txt /work_tmp/requirements.txt
diff --git a/ee/api/env.default b/ee/api/env.default
index 7687566d7..65f55a03c 100644
--- a/ee/api/env.default
+++ b/ee/api/env.default
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pg_minconn=20
 pg_maxconn=50
 PG_RETRY_MAX=50
 PG_RETRY_INTERVAL=2
+PG_POOL=true
 put_S3_TTL=20
 sentryURL=
 sessions_bucket=mobs