diff --git a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
index 4d6b2a9e5..b55da7e29 100644
--- a/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
+++ b/roles/mongodb/templates/mongod.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ journal = true
 #verbose = v
 
 # Max number of simultaneous connections (1000000 by default)
-maxConns = 1000              
+maxConns = 10000
 
 # Log to system's syslog facility instead of file or stdout (false by default)
 #syslog = true
diff --git a/roles/sugarizer/templates/sugarizer.service.j2 b/roles/sugarizer/templates/sugarizer.service.j2
index 75feed8c9..e21f3b6e0 100644
--- a/roles/sugarizer/templates/sugarizer.service.j2
+++ b/roles/sugarizer/templates/sugarizer.service.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Node.js Sugarizer Server
-Requires=After=mongodb.service       # Requires the mongodb service to run first
+Requires=mongodb.service
+After=mongodb.service       # Requires the mongodb service to run first
 
 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/iiab/sugarizer-server/