diff --git a/docker-compose-prod.yml b/docker-compose-prod.yml
index 3f62fbe..eda006e 100644
--- a/docker-compose-prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-prod.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ services:
     env_file: .env
     image: postgres:12.0-alpine
     shm_size: '1gb'
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '3.0' # number of cores
+          memory: 4GB
+        reservations:
+          cpus: '0.5'
+          memory: 512M
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: ${DATABASE_USERNAME}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}