diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 78a4c8ff..0089e7f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ crossbeam = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 threadpool = "1.8.1"
 heed = { git = "https://github.com/timokoesters/heed.git", rev = "f6f825da7fb2c758867e05ad973ef800a6fe1d5d", optional = true }
-rocksdb = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, features = ["multi-threaded-cf", "zstd"], optional = true }
+rocksdb = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = true, features = ["multi-threaded-cf", "zstd"], optional = true }
 
 thread_local = "1.1.3"
 # used for TURN server authentication
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 4f230f32..79b82088 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fn default_db_cache_capacity_mb() -> f64 {
 }
 
 fn default_rocksdb_max_open_files() -> i32 {
-    512
+    20
 }
 
 fn default_pdu_cache_capacity() -> u32 {
@@ -361,15 +361,15 @@ impl Database {
                         .try_into()
                         .expect("pdu cache capacity fits into usize"),
                 )),
-                auth_chain_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                shorteventid_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                eventidshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                shortstatekey_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
-                statekeyshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1_000_000)),
+                auth_chain_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100_000)),
+                shorteventid_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100_000)),
+                eventidshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100_000)),
+                shortstatekey_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100_000)),
+                statekeyshort_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100_000)),
                 our_real_users_cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
                 appservice_in_room_cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
                 lazy_load_waiting: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
-                stateinfo_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(1000)),
+                stateinfo_cache: Mutex::new(LruCache::new(100)),
             },
             account_data: account_data::AccountData {
                 roomuserdataid_accountdata: builder.open_tree("roomuserdataid_accountdata")?,