diff --git a/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml b/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
index 1efa87cd6e24d54ac3797313365bb09d8e39bafb..50ceafa8320cbf977b8cd68b9a31a6de71ba0188 100755
--- a/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pica-etherpad/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
           - no-new-privileges
         mem_limit: 2048m
         cpus: "0.20"
+        pids_limit: 1024
         volumes:
           - /DATA/docker/etherpad/etherpad-db/data:/var/lib/mysql
         env_file: ./etherpad-db.secrets