diff --git a/src/archivematica/MCPClient/settings/common.py b/src/archivematica/MCPClient/settings/common.py
index 4961309882..ec0eed554b 100644
--- a/src/archivematica/MCPClient/settings/common.py
+++ b/src/archivematica/MCPClient/settings/common.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def workers(config, section):
         "PASSWORD": config.get("db_password"),
         "HOST": config.get("db_host"),
         "PORT": config.get("db_port"),
-        "CONN_MAX_AGE": 3600,  # 1 hour
+        "CONN_MAX_AGE": 60,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/archivematica/MCPServer/settings/common.py b/src/archivematica/MCPServer/settings/common.py
index a5b324b8ec..9e1d19f665 100644
--- a/src/archivematica/MCPServer/settings/common.py
+++ b/src/archivematica/MCPServer/settings/common.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         "PASSWORD": config.get("db_password"),
         "HOST": config.get("db_host"),
         "PORT": config.get("db_port"),
-        "CONN_MAX_AGE": 3600,  # 1 hour
+        "CONN_MAX_AGE": 60,
     }
 }
 
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
     "archivematica.dashboard.main",
     "archivematica.dashboard.components.administration",
     "archivematica.dashboard.fpr",
+    "tastypie",
 )
 
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.