diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
index aa53de83..7592a5fa 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def exithandler():
 
 atexit.register(exithandler)
 
-_ipmiworkers = greenpool.GreenPool()
+_ipmiworkers = greenpool.GreenPool(128)
 
 _ipmithread = None
 _ipmiwaiters = []