# "Random" 502 Errors

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-502-errors/121330 "2019-06-25T21:55:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-502-errors/121330/2 "2019-06-25T21:59:20Z")

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It could be that Postgres needs a bit more memory. You’ve got plenty, so you might bump `db_shared_buffers` to 1024MB. You might also bump `db_work_mem` to 80MB.

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