diff --git a/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungee.java b/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungee.java
index 8a5f006..4ce6206 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungee.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungee.java
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ public final class RedisBungee extends Plugin {
                 @Override
                 public JedisPool call() throws Exception {
                     JedisPoolConfig config = new JedisPoolConfig();
-                    config.setMaxTotal(configuration.getInt("max-redis-connections", -1));
+                    config.setMaxTotal(configuration.getInt("max-redis-connections", 8));
                     config.setJmxEnabled(false);
                     return new JedisPool(config, redisServer, redisPort, 0, finalRedisPassword);
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/example_config.yml b/src/main/resources/example_config.yml
index d6c5d57..4725b7d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/example_config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/example_config.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ redis-port: 6379
 # OPTIONAL: If your Redis server uses AUTH, set the password required.
 redis-password: ""
 # Maximum connections that will be maintained to the Redis server.
-# The default is an unlimited number of connections.
-# You may need to lower this value in some setups.
-max-redis-connections: -1
+# The default is 8. This setting should be left as-is unless you have some wildly
+# inefficient plugins or a lot of players.
+max-redis-connections: 8
  
 # An identifier for this BungeeCord instance.
 server-id: iluvbungee