diff --git a/config/sys.config b/config/sys.config
index 7dba5d6..4bf01b8 100644
--- a/config/sys.config
+++ b/config/sys.config
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
                 database => progressor_db,
                 size => 10
             }
-        }}
+        }},
+        {async, enabled},
+        {force_garbage_collect, true}
     ]},
 
     {canal, [
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index 50743e3..62f5454 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  {<<"crc32cer">>,{pkg,<<"crc32cer">>,<<"0.1.11">>},2},
  {<<"epg_connector">>,
   {git,"https://github.com/valitydev/epg_connector.git",
-       {ref,"3ff44b60214aa0a9f74a659a3e06fc7de45d7f8b"}},
+       {ref,"fba34571474b11e1820126afff4bc552f68e1799"}},
   0},
  {<<"epgsql">>,
   {git,"https://github.com/epgsql/epgsql.git",
diff --git a/test/prg_ct_hook.erl b/test/prg_ct_hook.erl
index e3583a4..372b937 100644
--- a/test/prg_ct_hook.erl
+++ b/test/prg_ct_hook.erl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ app_env(epg_connector) ->
         {pools, #{
             default_pool => #{
                 database => progressor_db,
-                size => 10
+                size => {1, 2}
             }
         }},
         {force_garbage_collect, true}