diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 2c22a2a38..404ddde69 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -69,6 +69,3 @@ ENABLE_MAGIC_LINK_LOGIN="0"
 
 # Email redirections and minio domain settings
 WEB_URL="http://localhost"
-
-# Gunicorn workers
-WORKERS=2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apiserver/bin/takeoff b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
index a1ab20507..dc25a14e2 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 $WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
+exec gunicorn -w 8 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 4a5fe550d..33a0f6673 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - SENTRY_DSN=${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 b80c4c808..1e507a54b 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=http://localhost/spaces
 SENTRY_DSN=""
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=""
 DOCKERIZED=1
-WORKERS=2
 
 #DB SETTINGS
 PGHOST=plane-db