diff --git a/php_fpm/Dockerfile b/php_fpm/Dockerfile
index 7cda7af..b47850e 100644
--- a/php_fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/php_fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ ENV NAMELESS_PATH_HIDE=true
 # Enable friendly URLs and hide the option by default, they work fine with the included configuration and there is no reason to turn it off.
 ENV NAMELESS_FRIENDLY_URLS=true NAMELESS_FRIENDLY_URLS_HIDE=true
 
-ENV PHP_MAX_CHILDREN=32 \
-    PHP_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS=2 \
-    PHP_MAX_SPARE_SERVERS=4
+ENV PHP_PM="ondemand" \
+    PHP_PM_MAX_CHILDREN="16" \
+    PHP_PM_MAX_REQUESTS="200" \
+    PHP_PM_IDLE_TIMEOUT="1m" \
+    PHP_PM_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS="2" \
+    PHP_PM_MAX_SPARE_SERVERS="4"
 
 # The www-data user has uid 33 on Debian/Ubuntu which is what most people are used to
 USER 33
diff --git a/php_fpm/entrypoint.sh b/php_fpm/entrypoint.sh
index 7c40c40..11da934 100644
--- a/php_fpm/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/php_fpm/entrypoint.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ fi
 
 { \
     echo "[www]"
-    echo "pm.max_children = $PHP_MAX_CHILDREN"
-    echo "pm.start_servers = $PHP_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS"
-    echo "pm.min_spare_servers = $PHP_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS"
-    echo "pm.max_spare_servers = $PHP_MAX_SPARE_SERVERS"
+    echo "pm = $PHP_PM"
+    echo "pm.max_children = $PHP_PM_MAX_CHILDREN"
+    echo "pm.max_requests = $PHP_PM_MAX_REQUESTS"
+    echo "pm.process_idle_timeout = $PHP_PM_IDLE_TIMEOUT"
+    echo "pm.start_servers = $PHP_PM_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS"
+    echo "pm.min_spare_servers = $PHP_PM_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS"
+    echo "pm.max_spare_servers = $PHP_PM_MAX_SPARE_SERVERS"
 } > /tmp/additional-php-fpm-settings.conf # this file is symlinked to the correct php-fpm configuration dir
 
 exec php-fpm