diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 8193b5e77..2c22a2a38 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ ENABLE_MAGIC_LINK_LOGIN="0"
 # Email redirections and minio domain settings
 WEB_URL="http://localhost"
 
+# Gunicorn workers
+WORKERS=2
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diff --git a/apiserver/bin/takeoff b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
index dc25a14e2..a1ab20507 100755
--- a/apiserver/bin/takeoff
+++ b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ python manage.py migrate
 # Create a Default User
 python bin/user_script.py
 
-exec gunicorn -w 8 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
+exec gunicorn -w $WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/selfhosted.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/selfhosted.py
index ee529a7c3..ad6296ba9 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/selfhosted.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/selfhosted.py
@@ -127,3 +127,41 @@ OPENAI_API_BASE = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
 OPENAI_API_KEY = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", False)
 GPT_ENGINE = os.environ.get("GPT_ENGINE", "gpt-3.5-turbo")
 
+
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "verbose": {
+            "format": "{levelname} {asctime} {module} {process:d} {thread:d} {message}",
+            "style": "{",
+        },
+        "json": {
+            '()': 'pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter',
+            'fmt': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(name)s %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "verbose",
+        },
+        "file": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': "debug.log",
+            'when': 'midnight',
+            'interval': 1,  # One day
+            'backupCount': 5,  # Keep last 5 days of logs,
+            "formatter": "json"
+        },
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "plane": {
+            "handlers": ["console", "file"],
+            "propagate": True,
+        },
+    },
+}
+
diff --git a/apiserver/requirements/base.txt b/apiserver/requirements/base.txt
index 969ab3c89..fc7975153 100644
--- a/apiserver/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/apiserver/requirements/base.txt
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ django_celery_beat==2.5.0
 psycopg-binary==3.1.10
 psycopg-c==3.1.10
 scout-apm==2.26.1
-openpyxl==3.1.2
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+openpyxl==3.1.2
+python-json-logger==2.0.7
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diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 33a0f6673..4a5fe550d 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN:-""}
     - GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET:-""}
     - DOCKERIZED=${DOCKERIZED:-1}
+    - WORKERS=${WORKERS:-2}
     #DB SETTINGS
     - PGHOST=${PGHOST:-plane-db}
     - PGDATABASE=${PGDATABASE:-plane}
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
index 1e507a54b..b80c4c808 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=http://localhost/spaces
 SENTRY_DSN=""
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=""
 DOCKERIZED=1
+WORKERS=2
 
 #DB SETTINGS
 PGHOST=plane-db