diff --git a/app/services/alpaca_price_service.py b/app/services/alpaca_price_service.py
index 7a4d24f..f187a69 100644
--- a/app/services/alpaca_price_service.py
+++ b/app/services/alpaca_price_service.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Alpaca bars → AlpacaPriceData conversion and DB storage
 """
 
+import asyncio
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class AlpacaPriceService:
                 stmt = stmt.on_conflict_do_nothing(constraint='uq_alpaca_price_data')
                 result = await db.execute(stmt)
                 inserted += result.rowcount
+                await asyncio.sleep(0)  # yield event loop between chunks
             await db.commit()
 
         if inserted:
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ class AlpacaPriceService:
                         stmt = pg_insert(AlpacaPriceData).values(rows[i : i + CHUNK])
                         stmt = stmt.on_conflict_do_nothing(constraint="uq_alpaca_price_data")
                         await db.execute(stmt)
+                        await asyncio.sleep(0)  # yield event loop between chunks
                     await db.commit()
                 logger.info(
                     f"Alpaca multi-bars: stored {len(rows)} rows for {len(need_fetch)} tickers"
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ class AlpacaPriceService:
                 .order_by(AlpacaPriceData.ticker, AlpacaPriceData.date)
             )
             db_rows = result.scalars().all()
+            await asyncio.sleep(0)  # yield after bulk ORM object creation
 
         data: Dict[str, List[AlpacaPriceData]] = {t: [] for t in upper_tickers}
         for row in db_rows:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 144b6b8..626ca19 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ services:
       - ./yfinance_plus:/app/yfinance_plus  # Mount yfinance_plus for development
       - ./data:/app/data  # For data files
     restart: unless-stopped
-    command: ["python", "-m", "uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "18000", "--reload", "--limit-concurrency", "100"]
+    command: ["python", "-m", "uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "18000", "--reload", "--limit-concurrency", "20"]
 
   # Frontend Application
   frontend: