diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf b/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
index 01d0b5d6..e77fee26 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 user  nginx;
 worker_processes  auto;
+worker_rlimit_nofile  2050; # should be worker_connections*2 at least
 
 error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
 pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;