diff --git a/varnish.changes b/varnish.changes
index 32e5ed5..a746f13 100644
--- a/varnish.changes
+++ b/varnish.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 08:10:13 UTC 2022 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- Make reload fail nicely on vcl syntax error
+- Set TasksMax=16384 because default thread_pool_max is 5000
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 19 02:44:04 UTC 2022 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/varnish.service b/varnish.service
index 83c859e..962a800 100644
--- a/varnish.service
+++ b/varnish.service
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PIDFile=/var/run/varnishd.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnishd.pid -F $VARNISHD_PARAMS
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/varnish_reload_vcl
 KillMode=mixed
+TasksMax=16384
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/varnish_reload_vcl b/varnish_reload_vcl
index be2695f..73bbf74 100644
--- a/varnish_reload_vcl
+++ b/varnish_reload_vcl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash -e
 
 # Generate a unique timestamp ID for this version of the VCL
 TIME=$(date +%s)