diff --git a/src/collocatordb.cc b/src/collocatordb.cc
index b46d536..eaf0296 100644
--- a/src/collocatordb.cc
+++ b/src/collocatordb.cc
@@ -526,6 +526,10 @@
     // options.env->SetBackgroundThreads(16, Env::Priority::LOW); // Increase background threads for low priority
     options.create_if_missing = true;
     options.merge_operator = std::make_shared<CountMergeOperator>();
+    options.max_background_jobs = max_cores * 2;
+    options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit = 64 * 1024 * 1024; // 64MB
+    options.hard_pending_compaction_bytes_limit = 128 * 1024 * 1024; // 128MB
+
     //options.max_successive_merges = 0;
     // options.IncreaseParallelism(max_cores); // Utilize all available cores
     // options.OptimizeLevelStyleCompaction();