diff --git a/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml b/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
index 3786cf1..d86c143 100644
--- a/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mariadb:
         innodb_log_buffer_size: 8M
         innodb_log_file_size: 64M
         innodb_open_files: 100
-        key_buffer_size: 128M
+        key_buffer_size: 64M
         log_slow_verbosity: query_plan
         log_warnings: 2
         log_bin: localhost
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ mariadb:
         long_query_time: 10
         max_allowed_packet: 16M
         max_binlog_size: 50M
-        max_connections: 20
+        max_connections: 10
         max_heap_table_size: 64M
         performance_schema: 'ON'
         query_cache_limit: 512K
-        query_cache_size: 64M
-        read_buffer_size: 40M
+        query_cache_size: 32M
+        read_buffer_size: 20M
         read_rnd_buffer_size: 1M
         server_id: 9999
         slow_query_log_file: /var/log/mysql/mariadb-slow.log