diff --git a/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index 6f4f160..88f4532 100644
--- a/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ module.exports =
 			
 	smokeTest: process.env["SMOKE_TEST"] or false
 	project_cache_length_ms: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
-	parallelFileDownloads:1
-	parallelSqlQueryLimit:1
+	parallelFileDownloads: process.env["FILESTORE_PARALLEL_FILE_DOWNLOADS"] or 1
+	parallelSqlQueryLimit: process.env["FILESTORE_PARALLEL_SQL_QUERY_LIMIT"] or 1
 	filestoreDomainOveride: process.env["FILESTORE_DOMAIN_OVERRIDE"]
 	texliveImageNameOveride: process.env["TEX_LIVE_IMAGE_NAME_OVERRIDE"]
 	sentry: