diff --git a/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh b/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
index f50b5c5a..3d301065 100644
--- a/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
+nginxdefaultconf='/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'
 # increase default nginx worker connections
-/bin/bash -c "sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections ${WORKER_CONNECTIONS};/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
+/bin/bash -c "sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections ${WORKER_CONNECTIONS};/g' $nginxdefaultconf"
 
+sudo sed  -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
+/' $nginxdefaultconf
 
 if [[ $DEV -eq 1 ]]; then
     API_NGINX="
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9a30c0dc..82e8777f 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="64"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="65"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/install.sh'
 
 sudo apt install -y curl wget dirmngr gnupg lsb-release
@@ -174,8 +174,12 @@ print_green 'Installing Nginx'
 
 sudo apt install -y nginx
 sudo systemctl stop nginx
-sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-sudo sed -i 's/# server_names_hash_bucket_size.*/server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+nginxdefaultconf='/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'
+sudo sed -i '/worker_rlimit_nofile.*/d' $nginxdefaultconf
+sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' $nginxdefaultconf
+sudo sed -i 's/# server_names_hash_bucket_size.*/server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;/g' $nginxdefaultconf
+sudo sed  -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
+/' $nginxdefaultconf
 
 print_green 'Installing NodeJS'
 
diff --git a/restore.sh b/restore.sh
index 8e44b5df..92b87470 100755
--- a/restore.sh
+++ b/restore.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="38"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="39"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/restore.sh'
 
 sudo apt update
@@ -126,7 +126,15 @@ sudo systemctl stop nginx
 sudo rm -rf /etc/nginx
 sudo mkdir /etc/nginx
 sudo tar -xzf $tmp_dir/nginx/etc-nginx.tar.gz -C /etc/nginx
-sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+nginxdefaultconf='/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'
+sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' $nginxdefaultconf
+CHECK_NGINX_NOLIMIT=$(grep "worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000" $nginxdefaultconf)
+if ! [[ $CHECK_NGINX_NOLIMIT ]]; then
+sudo sed -i '/worker_rlimit_nofile.*/d' $nginxdefaultconf
+printf >&2 "${GREEN}Increasing nginx open file limit${NC}\n"
+sudo sed  -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
+/' $nginxdefaultconf
+fi
 rmmdomain=$(grep server_name /etc/nginx/sites-available/rmm.conf | grep -v 301 | head -1 | tr -d " \t" | sed 's/.*server_name//' | tr -d ';')
 frontenddomain=$(grep server_name /etc/nginx/sites-available/frontend.conf | grep -v 301 | head -1 | tr -d " \t" | sed 's/.*server_name//' | tr -d ';')
 meshdomain=$(grep server_name /etc/nginx/sites-available/meshcentral.conf | grep -v 301 | head -1 | tr -d " \t" | sed 's/.*server_name//' | tr -d ';')
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 8a8c6e63..105813a1 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="136"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="137"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/update.sh'
 LATEST_SETTINGS_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
@@ -165,13 +165,22 @@ EOF
 )"
 echo "${uwsgini}" > /rmm/api/tacticalrmm/app.ini
 
-CHECK_NGINX_WORKER_CONN=$(grep "worker_connections 2048" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf)
+nginxdefaultconf='/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'
+CHECK_NGINX_WORKER_CONN=$(grep "worker_connections 2048" $nginxdefaultconf)
 if ! [[ $CHECK_NGINX_WORKER_CONN ]]; then
   printf >&2 "${GREEN}Changing nginx worker connections to 2048${NC}\n"
-  sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+  sudo sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections 2048;/g' $nginxdefaultconf
 fi
 
-sudo sed -i 's/# server_names_hash_bucket_size.*/server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;/g' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+CHECK_NGINX_NOLIMIT=$(grep "worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000" $nginxdefaultconf)
+if ! [[ $CHECK_NGINX_NOLIMIT ]]; then
+sudo sed -i '/worker_rlimit_nofile.*/d' $nginxdefaultconf
+printf >&2 "${GREEN}Increasing nginx open file limit${NC}\n"
+sudo sed  -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
+/' $nginxdefaultconf
+fi
+
+sudo sed -i 's/# server_names_hash_bucket_size.*/server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;/g' $nginxdefaultconf
 
 HAS_PY310=$(python3.10 --version | grep ${PYTHON_VER})
 if ! [[ $HAS_PY310 ]]; then