diff --git a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
index 0e4e0ac50..0150cc809 100644
--- a/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/apiserver/Dockerfile.api
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ USER captain
 
 # Add in Django deps and generate Django's static files
 COPY manage.py manage.py
+COPY server.py server.py
 COPY plane plane/
 COPY templates templates/
 COPY package.json package.json
diff --git a/apiserver/bin/takeoff b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
index efea53f87..81f26a6cf 100755
--- a/apiserver/bin/takeoff
+++ b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ python manage.py configure_instance
 # Create the default bucket
 python manage.py create_bucket
 
-exec gunicorn -w $GUNICORN_WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT:-8000} --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
+python server.py
diff --git a/apiserver/server.py b/apiserver/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84d25f2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apiserver/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import uvicorn
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.environ.setdefault(
+        "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.production"
+    )
+    uvicorn.run(
+        "plane.asgi:application",
+        host=os.environ.get("HOST", "0.0.0.0"),
+        port=os.environ.get("PORT", 8000),
+        ws="auto",
+        workers=int(os.environ.get("GUNICORN_WORKERS", 1)),
+        log_level=os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "info"),
+        lifespan="off",
+        access_log="on",
+    )