diff --git a/include/dbm.php b/include/dbm.php
index 1e1c3706e0..d588b2f76a 100644
--- a/include/dbm.php
+++ b/include/dbm.php
@@ -4,23 +4,24 @@ class dbm {
 		$r = q("SHOW PROCESSLIST");
 		$s = array();
 
+		$processes = 0;
 		$states = array();
 		foreach ($r AS $process) {
 			$state = trim($process["State"]);
-			if (!in_array($state, array("", "init", "statistics")))
+			if (!in_array($state, array("", "init", "statistics"))) {
 				++$states[$state];
+				++$processes;
+			}
 		}
 		// query end
 		// Sending data
 		// updating
 
 		$statelist = "";
-		$processes = 0;
 		foreach ($states AS $state => $usage) {
 			if ($statelist != "")
 				$statelist .= ", ";
 			$statelist .= $state.": ".$usage;
-			++$processes;
 		}
 		return(array("list" => $statelist, "amount" => $processes));
 	}
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 45dc332e17..9e7080e642 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ function poller_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	$processlist = dbm::processlist();
 	if ($processlist["list"] != "") {
-		logger("Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-		if ($processlist["amount"] > 5)
+		logger("Processcheck: Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+		$max_processes = get_config('system', 'max_processes_backend');
+		if (intval($max_processes) == 0)
+			$max_processes = 5;
+
+		if ($processlist["amount"] > $max_processes) {
+			logger("Processcheck: Maximum number of processes for backend tasks (".$max_processes.") reached.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (poller_max_connections_reached())
@@ -70,9 +77,16 @@ function poller_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		// Log the type of database processes
 		$processlist = dbm::processlist();
 		if ($processlist["amount"] != "") {
-			logger("Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-			if ($processlist["amount"] > 5)
+			logger("Processcheck: Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+			$max_processes = get_config('system', 'max_processes_backend');
+			if (intval($max_processes) == 0)
+				$max_processes = 5;
+
+			if ($processlist["amount"] > $max_processes) {
+				logger("Processcheck: Maximum number of processes for backend tasks (".$max_processes.") reached.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 				return;
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Constantly check the number of available database connections to let the frontend be accessible at any time
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a25c6dc776..17258fd0ab 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require_once("include/dbm.php");
 
 if(!$install) {
 	$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
-    	    unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	    unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
 	/**
 	 * Load configs from db. Overwrite configs from .htconfig.php
@@ -56,12 +56,17 @@ if(!$install) {
 
 	$processlist = dbm::processlist();
 	if ($processlist["list"] != "") {
-		logger("Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-		// More than 20 running database processes?
-		// The system is too busy, so quit.
-		if ($processlist["amount"] > 20)
-			system_unavailable();
+		logger("Processcheck: Processes: ".$processlist["amount"]." - Processlist: ".$processlist["list"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+		$max_processes = get_config('system', 'max_processes_frontend');
+		if (intval($max_processes) == 0)
+			$max_processes = 20;
+
+		if ($processlist["amount"] > $max_processes) {
+			logger("Processcheck: Maximum number of processes for frontend tasks (".$max_processes.") reached.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	$maxsysload_frontend = intval(get_config('system','maxloadavg_frontend'));
@@ -453,9 +458,9 @@ if($a->is_mobile || $a->is_tablet) {
 		$link = 'toggle_mobile?off=1&address=' . curPageURL();
 	}
 	$a->page['footer'] = replace_macros(get_markup_template("toggle_mobile_footer.tpl"), array(
-	                     	'$toggle_link' => $link,
-	                     	'$toggle_text' => t('toggle mobile')
-    	                 ));
+				'$toggle_link' => $link,
+				'$toggle_text' => t('toggle mobile')
+			 ));
 }
 
 /**