diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-prod.yml
index 2e7e5694..1970973c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-backend-prod.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ env:
   MIN_REPLICAS: "3"
   MAX_REPLICAS: "5"
   MIN_CPU: "50m"
-  MAX_CPU: "100m"
+  MAX_CPU: "250m"
   MIN_MEM: "200Mi"
-  MAX_MEM: "250Mi"
+  MAX_MEM: "700Mi"
   # SITE_URL should have no scheme or port. It will be prepended with https://
   HOST_ROUTE: ${{ secrets.SITE_URL }}
   CA_CERT: ${{ secrets.CA_CERT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-frontend-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-frontend-prod.yml
index e90f20fa..0f592c18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-frontend-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-openshift-frontend-prod.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ env:
   MIN_REPLICAS: "3"
   MAX_REPLICAS: "5"
   MIN_CPU: "50m"
-  MAX_CPU: "250m"
+  MAX_CPU: "100m"
   MIN_MEM: "200Mi"
-  MAX_MEM: "700Mi"
+  MAX_MEM: "250Mi"
   # SITE_URL should have no scheme or port. It will be prepended with https://
   HOST_ROUTE: ${{ secrets.SITE_URL }}
   CA_CERT: ${{ secrets.CA_CERT }}
diff --git a/backend/src/components/application.js b/backend/src/components/application.js
index 02d1f27b..2dbe8719 100644
--- a/backend/src/components/application.js
+++ b/backend/src/components/application.js
@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@ async function submitApplication(req, res) {
 async function printPdf(req, numOfRetries = 0) {
   let url = `${req.headers.referer}/printable`;
 
-  log.verbose('printPdf :: user is',req.session?.passport?.user?.displayName);
+  log.info('printPdf :: user is',req.session?.passport?.user?.displayName);
   log.verbose('printPdf :: correlationId is', req.session.correlationID);
-  log.verbose('printPdf :: applicationId is', req.params.applicationId);
+  log.info('printPdf :: applicationId is', req.params.applicationId);
   log.verbose('printPdf :: url path is', url);
 
   const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ async function printPdf(req, numOfRetries = 0) {
   }); //to debug locally add {headless: false, devtools: true} in options <-make sure they are boolean and not string
 
   try {
-    log.verbose('printPdf :: starting new page');
+    log.info('printPdf :: starting new page');
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
     await page.setRequestInterception(true);
@@ -463,14 +463,14 @@ async function printPdf(req, numOfRetries = 0) {
       request.continue({ headers });
     });
 
-    log.verbose('printPdf :: starting page load');
+    log.info('printPdf :: starting page load');
     await page.goto(url, {waitUntil: 'networkidle0'});
     await page.waitForSelector('#signatureTextField', {visible: true});
-    log.verbose('printPdf :: page loaded starting pdf creation');
+    log.info('printPdf :: page loaded starting pdf creation');
     const pdfBuffer = await page.pdf({displayHeaderFooter: false, printBackground: true, timeout: 300000, width: 1280});
-    log.verbose('printPdf :: pdf buffer created starting compression');
+    log.info('printPdf :: pdf buffer created starting compression');
     const compressedPdfBuffer = await compress(pdfBuffer, {gsModulePath: process.env.GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH}); //this is set in dockerfile to fix ghostscript error on deploy
-    log.verbose('printPdf :: compression completed for applicationId', req.params.applicationId);
+    log.info('printPdf :: compression completed for applicationId', req.params.applicationId);
     await browser.close();
 
     let payload;
diff --git a/tools/openshift/backend.dc.yaml b/tools/openshift/backend.dc.yaml
index 3317538c..8a4aa6eb 100644
--- a/tools/openshift/backend.dc.yaml
+++ b/tools/openshift/backend.dc.yaml
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ objects:
   kind: Route
   metadata:
     annotations:
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections: 'true'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections.concurrent-tcp: '10'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections.rate-http: '50'
+      haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout: 120s
       openshift.io/host.generated: 'true'
     labels:
       app: "${APP_NAME}-${BRANCH}"