diff --git a/gunicorn.conf b/gunicorn.conf
index 74207d515..aba67137d 100644
--- a/gunicorn.conf
+++ b/gunicorn.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 bind = 'unix:/var/run/cabotage/nginx.sock'
 backlog = 1024
+workers = 2
 preload_app = True
 max_requests = 2048
 max_requests_jitter = 128