diff --git a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/build.mill b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/build.mill
index be7a09e418d..c1723ad5f09 100644
--- a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/build.mill
+++ b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/build.mill
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ object `package` extends RootModule with ScalaModule {
   def scalaVersion = "3.6.2"
   def ivyDeps = Agg(
     ivy"ba.sake::sharaf:0.8.1",
-    ivy"ba.sake::squery:0.6.4",
+    ivy"ba.sake::squery:0.7.0",
     ivy"org.postgresql:postgresql:42.6.0",
-    ivy"com.zaxxer:HikariCP:5.0.1"
+    ivy"com.zaxxer:HikariCP:5.0.1",
+    ivy"org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:2.0.17" // disable logging
   )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/sharaf.dockerfile b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/sharaf.dockerfile
index d15c119240b..e2743d08638 100644
--- a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/sharaf.dockerfile
+++ b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/sharaf.dockerfile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ RUN ./mill assembly
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["java", "-server", "-Xms1g", "-Xmx1g", "-jar", "out/assembly.dest/out.jar"]
+CMD ["java", "-server", "-Xms2g", "-Xmx2g", "-jar", "out/assembly.dest/out.jar"]
diff --git a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/db.scala b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/db.scala
index 960715e9c12..795d4b02405 100644
--- a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/db.scala
+++ b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/db.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class DAO {
   ds.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:postgresql://tfb-database:5432/hello_world")
   ds.setUsername("benchmarkdbuser")
   ds.setPassword("benchmarkdbpass")
-  ds.setMaximumPoolSize(48)
+  ds.setMaximumPoolSize(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2 + 1)
   private val squeryContext = SqueryContext(ds)
 
   def getRandomWorld(): WorldRow = squeryContext.run {
diff --git a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/main.scala b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/main.scala
index a562900fd04..13207509600 100644
--- a/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/main.scala
+++ b/frameworks/Scala/sharaf/src/main.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import ba.sake.sharaf.*
 @main def run(): Unit = {
   val dao = DAO()
   val benchmarkRoutes = BenchmarkRoutes(dao)
+  // set to slf4j, thus disabling logging (slf4j-nop)
+  System.setProperty("org.jboss.logging.provider", "slf4j")
   val server = Undertow
     .builder()
     .addHttpListener(8080, "0.0.0.0")
@@ -18,5 +20,5 @@ import ba.sake.sharaf.*
     .setServerOption(UndertowOptions.ALWAYS_SET_KEEP_ALIVE, false)
     .build()
   server.start()
-  println(s"Started HTTP server at localhost:8080")
+  //println(s"Started HTTP server at localhost:8080")
 }