diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 061b0052e..f35ac42c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230531210528-d7324b2d74f7
 	github.com/dop251/goja_nodejs v0.0.0-20230602164024-804a84515562
 	github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 30f143b75..2fb5c8aa6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ github.com/go-sourcemap/sourcemap v2.1.3+incompatible h1:W1iEw64niKVGogNgBN3ePyL
 github.com/go-sourcemap/sourcemap v2.1.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:F8jJfvm2KbVjc5NqelyYJmf/v5J0dwNLS2mL4sNA1Jg=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1 h1:+gYjHKf32LDeiEEFhQaotPbLuUXjY5ZqxKgXy7n59aw=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
diff --git a/pkg/connector/persister.go b/pkg/connector/persister.go
index 75b989c8a..2db7c9e3a 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/persister.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/persister.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	DefaultPersisterDelayThreshold       = time.Second
-	DefaultPersisterBundleCountThreshold = 100
+	DefaultPersisterBundleCountThreshold = 10000
 )
 
 // Persister is responsible for persisting connectors and their state when
diff --git a/pkg/connector/store.go b/pkg/connector/store.go
index 3b88d27da..d7b5781ad 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/store.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/store.go
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ package connector
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/cerrors"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/database"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/log"
+	"github.com/goccy/go-json"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -148,13 +148,30 @@ func (s *Store) PrepareSet(id string, instance *Instance) (func(context.Context)
 		return nil, cerrors.Errorf("can't store connector: %w", cerrors.ErrEmptyID)
 	}
 
-	raw, err := s.encode(instance)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	icopy := Instance{
+		ID:   instance.ID,
+		Type: instance.Type,
+		Config: Config{
+			Name:     instance.Config.Name,
+			Settings: instance.Config.Settings,
+		},
+		PipelineID:       instance.PipelineID,
+		Plugin:           instance.Plugin,
+		ProcessorIDs:     instance.ProcessorIDs,
+		ProvisionedBy:    instance.ProvisionedBy,
+		State:            instance.State,
+		CreatedAt:        instance.CreatedAt,
+		UpdatedAt:        instance.UpdatedAt,
+		LastActiveConfig: instance.LastActiveConfig,
 	}
-	key := s.addKeyPrefix(id)
 
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		raw, err := s.encode(&icopy)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		key := s.addKeyPrefix(id)
+
 		err = s.db.Set(ctx, key, raw)
 		if err != nil {
 			return cerrors.Errorf("failed to store connector with ID %q: %w", id, err)