diff --git a/addok_psql_store/__init__.py b/addok_psql_store/__init__.py
index b9e6af7..3994086 100644
--- a/addok_psql_store/__init__.py
+++ b/addok_psql_store/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
+from pgcopy import CopyManager
 
-from psycopg2 import pool
+from psycopg2 import pool, OperationalError, InterfaceError
 from psycopg2.extras import execute_values
 
 from addok.config import config
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class PSQLStore:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.pool = pool.SimpleConnectionPool(minconn=8, maxconn=64,
+        self.pool = pool.SimpleConnectionPool(minconn=1, maxconn=2,
                                               dsn=config.PG_CONFIG)
         create_table_query = '''
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
@@ -25,7 +26,13 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def getconn(self):
         # Use pid as connection id so we can reuse the connection within the
         # same process.
-        return self.pool.getconn(key=os.getpid())
+        conn = self.pool.getconn(key=os.getpid())
+        try:
+            c = conn.cursor()
+            return conn
+        except (OperationalError, InterfaceError) as err:
+            self.pool.putconn(conn, key=os.getpid())
+            return self.getconn()
 
     def fetch(self, *keys):
         # Using ANY results in valid SQL if `keys` is empty.
@@ -39,19 +46,24 @@ def fetch(self, *keys):
 
     def upsert(self, *docs):
         """
-        Potential performance boost, using copy_from:
-        * https://gist.github.com/jsheedy/efa9a69926a754bebf0e9078fd085df6
-        * https://gist.github.com/jsheedy/ed81cdf18190183b3b7d
-
-        Or event copy_expert for mixed binary content:
-        * http://stackoverflow.com/a/8150329
+        Use copy_from to load the binary data into db, in case of conflicts,
+        we switch to execute_values, with "ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING" only the
+        failing row will be ignored instead of the whole chunk (docs)
+        :param docs:
+        :return:
         """
-        insert_into_query = '''
-        INSERT INTO {PG_TABLE} (key, data) VALUES %s
-            ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING
-        '''.format(**config)
         with self.getconn() as conn, conn.cursor() as curs:
-            execute_values(curs, insert_into_query, docs)
+            mgr = CopyManager(conn, '{PG_TABLE}'.format(**config), ['key', 'data'])
+            try:
+                mgr.copy(docs) # will raise error if key exists
+            except:
+                insert_into_query = '''
+                INSERT INTO {PG_TABLE} (key, data) VALUES %s
+                ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING
+                '''.format(**config)
+                execute_values(curs, insert_into_query, docs)
+            else:
+                conn.commit()
 
     def remove(self, *keys):
         delete_from_query = '''
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b4eadd..5f0d796 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 psycopg2==2.7.1
+pgcopy