diff --git a/devine/core/downloaders/requests.py b/devine/core/downloaders/requests.py
index 296b7dd..54ec0f7 100644
--- a/devine/core/downloaders/requests.py
+++ b/devine/core/downloaders/requests.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Generator, MutableMapping, Optional, Union
 
 from requests import Session
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from rich import filesize
 
 from devine.core.constants import DOWNLOAD_CANCELLED
@@ -211,6 +212,12 @@ def requests(
     ]
 
     session = Session()
+    session.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(
+        pool_connections=max_workers,
+        pool_maxsize=max_workers
+    ))
+    session.mount("http://", session.adapters["https://"])
+
     if headers:
         headers = {
             k: v
diff --git a/devine/core/service.py b/devine/core/service.py
index 40480d5..3619fae 100644
--- a/devine/core/service.py
+++ b/devine/core/service.py
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ class Service(metaclass=ABCMeta):
                 backoff_factor=0.2,
                 status_forcelist=[429, 500, 502, 503, 504]
             ),
-            # 16 connections is used for byte-ranged downloads
-            # double it to allow for 16 non-related connections
-            pool_maxsize=16 * 2,
             pool_block=True
         ))
         session.mount("http://", session.adapters["https://"])