diff --git a/modules/zfs.nix b/modules/zfs.nix
index 2da4c73..29c00c0 100644
--- a/modules/zfs.nix
+++ b/modules/zfs.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       "zfs.zfs_dirty_data_max=${builtins.toString dirty_b}"
       "zfs.zfs_delay_min_dirty_percent=80" # delay write throttling until 80% dirty (default 60%)
       "zfs.zfs_vdev_async_write_max_active=30" # more concurrent async writes to vdevs (default 10)
+      "zfs.zfs_vdev_async_read_max_active=10" # more concurrent async reads for random I/O (default 3)
     ];
 
   boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "zfs" ];
diff --git a/services/monero.nix b/services/monero.nix
index 16a5b9a..a8bea8d 100644
--- a/services/monero.nix
+++ b/services/monero.nix
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@
     enable = true;
     dataDir = service_configs.monero.dataDir;
     rpc = {
+      address = "0.0.0.0";
       port = service_configs.ports.monero_rpc;
       restricted = true;
     };
     extraConfig = ''
       p2p-bind-port=${builtins.toString service_configs.ports.monero}
+      db-sync-mode=fast:async:1000000000bytes
     '';
   };
 
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
     service_configs.ports.monero
+    service_configs.ports.monero_rpc
   ];
 }